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wharf
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thumb|right|The Barbours Cut Terminal of the [[Port of Houston, US. This cargo shipping terminal has a single large wharf with multiple berths.]] thumb|Wharf under construction on the Upper Mississippi River|Upper Mississippi in [[Fountain City, Wisconsin]]
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- Subclass of
- public transport stop
- Has part
- berth
- Image
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- Commons category
- Wharves and quays
- topic's main category
- Category:Wharves
- OpenStreetMap tag
- man_made=quay
- name in kana
- ふとう
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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- Staith
- Quay
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thumb|right|The Barbours Cut Terminal of the [[Port of Houston, US. This cargo shipping terminal has a single large wharf with multiple berths.]] thumb|Wharf under construction on the Upper Mississippi River|Upper Mississippi in [[Fountain City, Wisconsin]]
A wharf ( or wharfs), quay ( , also ), 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. Such a structure includes one or more berths (mooring locations), and may also include piers, warehouses, or other facilities necessary for handling the ships. Wharves are often considered to be a series of docks at which boats are stationed. A marginal wharf is connected to the shore along its full length.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “wharf” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.