Docks

Examples

• As we descended in great circles toward the navy docks a mighty multitude could be seen surging in the streets beneath. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• What are Dry Docks Like? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• They appear as anchored in the new concrete docks at Colon, preparatory to their passage through the canal, after having made the longest sea voyage then on record for submarines. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• One passes the loading docks, where crews of six to eight men each, working as a unit, remove the bodies and wheels from the chassis, and load them into freight cars. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Kantos Kan thought that the docks there, in addition to their regular work, would accommodate at least six battleships at a time. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• She is to disparage him just as much as she likes, without any check--I suppose because he has been in the law, and the docks, and different things. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The same light was introduced in French lighthouses in December, 1863, and also in the work on the docks of Cherbourg. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• As a number of loafers and hangers-on about the docks threatened injury to Fulton’s Folly, as the building boat was called, he had to engage watchmen to guard his property. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Beginning life as a stone mason, he rose by his own industry to be a master among architects and a prince among builders of iron bridges, aqueducts, canals, tunnels, harbours and docks. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Modern drawbridges across rivers, canals, the entrances of docks, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Just beyond the loading docks is the foundry. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

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