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The pier in Płock at Vistula River in Poland Sopot, Poland. The longest wooden pier in Europe - 450 metres from bank, 650 whole. Gdańsk Brzeźno; Gdynia Orłowo Pier; Jurata Pier (the part of the town of Jastarnia) Kołobrzeg Pier; Międzyzdroje Pier; Płock Pier; Puck; Sopot Pier - the longest wooden pier in Europe; Miedwie
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Railway Pier in the late-1800s. Station Pier, originally known as Railway Pier, was officially opened on 12 September 1854. [1] The 4.5 kilometre Port Melbourne line from the pier to Flinders Street station via the Sandridge Bridge was opened at the same time to facilitate the transport of passengers and goods, and was the first significant railway in Australia. [2]
Piers in Australia (12 P) B. Piers in Belgium (1 P) C. Piers in Canada (7 P) ... Pages in category "Piers by country" This category contains only the following page.
Similarly, Kenilworth is a place name in England, but Kenilworth, Queensland is reportedly named after a novel of that name. In some cases the place name in England is that of a residence or farm; for example, Hughenden, Queensland is derived from Hughenden Manor in Buckinghamshire .
In 1881 dredging of a new channel was started which took 12 years to complete. It was named the Hopetoun Channel after the then Governor of Victoria, Lord Hopetoun, who opened it on 20 December 1893. [6] By the early twentieth century shipping traffic had increased and the existing piers in the city area were proving inadequate.
Mount Pisgah (several places in the United States, Australia, Canada, and Antarctica, all ultimately named after a biblical mountain), from Hebrew pisgah (פִּסְגָּה), "summit". Mount Yamantau, Russia (Mount Evil Mountain – Bashkir) The tautology exists in Russian as well as English (гора Ямантау from гора Яман тау).
A mole is a massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater, or a causeway separating two bodies of water. A mole may have a wooden structure built on top of it that resembles a wooden pier. The defining feature of a mole, however, is that water cannot freely flow underneath it, unlike a true pier.