Word: dock
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...quickly applied the full power of his 205 pounds and propelled his sinking craft toward the Weld Boat House. When he had arrived at a point six lengths and a summons from the dock, the undergraduate saw the wherry settle completely. Undismayed, he towed it to the opposite shore...
...cotton shipper and took the business away. New Orleans shippers talked about snatching it back, but nothing much came of the talk until Governor Sam Jones in 1940 appointed a chunky cotton merchant named Edward Oswald ("Archie") Jewell to boss the Board of Port Commissioners (the "dock board''), which operates the 7½ miles of publicly owned quays and warehouses...
Needed: A Canal. But Jewell and his fellow citizens won't be satisfied till New Orleans rivals New York, to which it is now a poor second in dollar volume, fourth in tonnage. They argue that its loading facilities are the most efficient in the land; ships can dock without tugs and a ton of freight can be loaded for $1.03, compared to $1.66 in New York...
While the Admiral listed the expedition's training, mapping and scientific accomplishments, sailors and river police in motor boats began a wild pursuit of eight penguins that had dashed into the Potomac when their crate hit the dock and split open. At nightfall, three penguins were still at large...
...Mormacwave, with Plimsoll marks awash, was warped gingerly into Dock C of Buenos Aires' Puerto Nuevo, and the longshoremen went to work on her. For the riches in her hold, her captain carried 1,700 manifests. His ship, 16 days out of New York, was crammed with machines, parts, motors, industrial tools, tinware, reinforcing bars, steel beams, yarn, toys, dental equipment, books, refrigerators full of penicillin...