On Sunday, January 21, 2007 4:23 AM [GMT+1=CET], trainfinder22 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Did a Wikipedia on this and refers to a Pier or a Wharf... > > We dont have anything that big out here on the canal... > Piers refer to long narrow docks that extend out to the water on the > great lakes...We never use the word Wharf on Fresh Water.. That use is certainly different in the UK. There are plenty of wharves, so named, on UK rivers and canals. At this moment I'm sitting in our boat moored at Cambrian Wharf on the Birmingham Canal, and I've just been aditing a magazine article about Hedsor Wharf on the Thames - both long way inland. As to definitions, I've not looked it up anywhere but my understanding of the word "wharf" is that it's place designed for ships or boats (of any size and kind) to load and unload. Mike Stevens narrowboat Felis Catus III web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk Defend the waterways. Visit the web site www.saveourwaterways.org.uk
