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where the land shakes hands with the sea and pockets a fee
originOld English hwearf, meaning a turning or bank
versus pierruns parallel to shore, not jutting out
san franciscoFisherman's Wharf draws millions for sourdough and sea lions
rat dangerwharves spread plague across medieval ports worldwide
london legacyWapping's wharves once handled the world's tobacco and tea