The Fu and the Nan were dredged, dikes were built, 24 bridges were built or renovated and 12 new wharves were added.

CNN: 'The smelly sewer of Chengdu'

The Salem Maritime National Historic Site comprises the custom house, the wharves and the other buildings along Derby St that are remnants of this thriving shipping industry.

BBC: Historical day trips from Boston

There now is your insular city of the Manhattoes, belted round by wharves as Indian isles by coral reefs commerce surrounds it with her surf.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Moby-Dick'

Once he found his footing as an artist, he arranged his life so he could study its moods at night from city wharves and on ferry rides to and from New Jersey.

WSJ: Tale Told by a Modern Romantic | Jonah | Albert Pinkham Ryder | By Sidney Lawrence

In the decade from 1795 to 1806 for Boston alone he designed the Massachusetts State House and three houses for Harrison Gray Otis (each more original than its predecessor), and worked on a theater, prison, hospital and wharves.

WSJ: Prim Grandeur, Elegant Geometries | Charles Bulfinch | Lancaster Meetinghouse | By John Wilmerding

Take a cycle or a walk down the Thames Path, a hassle free highway that takes you from the hustle and bustle of the West End out to desolate wharves and wildlife havens, finishing at Greenwich, home to one of the Olympic sites.

BBC: Sidestepping London��s Olympic crowds