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Wharf under construction on the Upper Mississippi in Fountain City, Wisconsin [ 1] A wharf ( pl. wharves or wharfs ), quay ( / kiː / kee, also / keɪ, kweɪ / k (w)ay[ 2] ), staith, or staithe is a structure on the shore of a harbour or on the bank of a river or canal where ships may dock to load and unload cargo or passengers. [ 3][ 4] Such a ...
Quai d'Orsay. The Quai d'Orsay ( / ˌkeɪ dɔːrˈseɪ / KAY dor-SAY, French: [ke dɔʁsɛ] ⓘ) is a quay in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. It is part of the left bank of the Seine opposite the Place de la Concorde. [ 1] It becomes the Quai Anatole-France east of the Palais Bourbon, and the Quai Branly west of the Pont de l'Alma .
The Quay tray is a recessed tray in the deck that houses the electrical wire the powers the large gantry cranes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.71.11.70 ( talk) 12:52, 23 May 2018 (UTC)[ reply] To add to this, Quay is commonly used in commonwealth nations (the UK and its former colonies such as Canada).
An anchor mooring fixes a vessel's position relative to a point on the bottom of a waterway without connecting the vessel to shore. As a verb, mooring refers to the act of attaching a vessel to a mooring. [ 1] The term likely stems from the Dutch verb meren (to moor ), used in English since the end of the 15th century.
The Dublin quays ( Irish: Céanna Bhaile Átha Cliath) refers to the two roadways and quays that run along the north and south banks of the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland. The stretches of the two continuous streets have several different names. However, all but two of the names (Bachelors Walk and Usher's Island) share the same "quay ...
1979-present. Stephen and Timothy Quay ( / ˈkweɪ / KWAY; born June 17, 1947) are American identical twin brothers and stop-motion animators who are better known as the Brothers Quay or Quay Brothers. They received the 1998 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design for their work on the play The Chairs. [ 1]
Two Red Jet fast ferries at Town Quay in 2008. Currently the pier section is used by the Hythe Ferry and the Red Funnel Red Jet high speed service to West Cowes. [1] Red Funnel's vehicle ferries to East Cowes operate from the water frontage of the quay to the west of the pier, having moved there after the closing of Royal Pier at the end of 1979.
Gyles' Quay is an isolated stretch of beach located 1 km south of the R173/R175 road on the Cooley Peninsula in the north of County Louth in Ireland. It was named after Ross Gyles who built a wood structure there in 1780.