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What is the difference between a pier a jetty a depot and a quay?
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A pier is a structure that extends into a body of water, used for such purposes as tying up boats (or ships) and/or loading and unloading cargo.
A jetty is a strip of land or rock, often built in pairs, that maintains a harbor or channel.
(Where it actively limits shoreline waves, it may be called a breakwater).
A depot is either a train or bus station, an area for storage (warehouse), or a military installation.
A quay is a wharf, a platform over or adjacent to a river or body or water that serves in loading, unloading, and storing cargo.
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Is jetty a noun?
Yes, jetty is a noun. It is the term for a breakwater or pier.
You can fish of the end of this?
A pier, dock, wharf or jetty.
What is the difference between a wharf and jetty on a waterway?
A pier (jetty) is a structure perpendicular to the shore for ships that are loading and unloading. A wharf (quay) is built alongside the shore, or parallel, with the same application.The terms pier and wharf are used in the US, but jetty and quay are used in the UK. In the US, the term jettyapplies to barrier structures built to establish a harbor or entrance to a waterway, as with a breakwater.
How do you spell jetti?
The likely word is "jetty" (a breakwater or pier).The proper noun could be Jedi (Star Wars protagonists).
What is the name of the angling club on blackpool north pier?
The local club "Blackpool and Layton Angling Society" used to hold a large competition annually on North Pier. That was in the days of the jetty being available for fishing. It was called The North Pier Open. They still may, but there is not much of the pier available for this type of event, since the loss of the jetty. I am not aware of any other angling club on North Pier, although i believe Central Pier has it's own club...
Where is a jetty usually located?
A jetty is usually located in a seaside resort at the end of a pier. It is used to moor boats safely in a harbor or alongside a canal and can also be fun to jump off to go swimming.
What is a Antonym for quay?
An antonym for "quay" could be "land." A quay is a structure built along the shore for ships to dock, whereas land refers to the solid ground.
Steamer is to pier as train is to?
Steamer is to pier as train is to platform (or station or depot or terminal)
What is the difference between pier and column?
Pier : It is constructed to the wall and some intervals to give support to the wall Column:It is constructed between the walls(corner of walls) to take the buckling effect....usually it is concrete structure
What type of salt water fish can you catch off a pier or jetty?
You can catch bream, whiting, tommies,sometimes the odd squid, Mostly it depends where you are
What is the use of zinc anodes in pier jetty columns?
Zinc anodes offer a sacrificial method of maintaining the steelwork of the pier.. The anodes 'attract' corrosion thereby extending the life and protecting the steel work. (same as on ships hulls etc)
What is another word for pier?
Balcony, or tower . To my mind, the above are parts of land buildings, whereas a pier is built out over water with the initial purpose of enabling ships to land passengers at any state of the tide. Try 'jetty', or, less frequently, 'wharf'.
