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Jetty
Jetty meaning
A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest; specifically, an upper storey which overhangs the part of the building below. | A structure of stone or wood which extends into a river or sea to protect a bank, beach, harbour, etc., from currents or tides; a breakwater. | A dock or wharf extending into a river from a bank, or into a sea from a shore, for boats to land or moor at; a pier.
Example sentences (20)
Jetties are classified into four different types and have two main controlling variables: the type of delta and the size of the jetty. citation Type 1 jetty The first classification is a type 1 jetty.
These type of fenders are hollow from inside and are used to clamp upon the jetty berth for the absorption of shock during the impact created by the steel of ship’s hull with the jetty’s quay.
Type 4 jetty A type 4 jetty is one that no longer functions nor traps sediment.
When southern waves (from 100°) move toward "The Poles", one of the waves breaks north of the southern jetty and the other breaks south of the jetty.
After this, offenders would no longer be able to operate from the Jetty Visitor Centre area.
A pipeline will connect the jetty to the land-based infrastructure, then transporting the gas to the power turbines at Vasilikos.
Hazardous waves also closed the south jetty at South Beach State Park.
In his era there were more than 1000 convicts at Coal River with its 13 government buildings, a harbour jetty at the foot of George Street (later Watt Street) and 71 whitewashed convict huts.
It is as easy as jumping on their water taxi that runs every 10 minutes from the jetty at 128 Factory Road, Regentville, which will take you for a ride over to the beautifully designed and modern boat.
John MacDonald, outgoing commander of the HMCS Queen Charlotte waves from a jetty in the Charlottetown harbour.
Many days, there were coastal bottlenose dolphin in the harbor, along the outside of the outer jetty and off Doheny Beach in pods ranging from four to eight.
Or, is it Bruce Weir who (in the same article) raises the point that development at the Jetty should follow the Compact City Policy and “celebrate the harbour as a playground”?
Rebecca, third from left, joins the group in jumping off the jetty despite ditching her wetsuit.
Sources knowledgeable about the subject, but who preferred not to be identified, tell us that because the jetty is a critical component, it has bottlenecked the project as a whole.
Such example can be found at Penang Clan Jetty, Pangkor, Klang, coast of Perak and many more.
The barge, allegedly used to convey the crude oil to the jetty, was carried 20 miles off the coast of Warri where the military on Saturday insisted on destroying the vessel.
The body of Mrs McKinney, 35, was recovered from the water near a jetty at Devenish Island, where the couple were moored on a family cruise with their two young children.
The construction of the jetty could also damage the coral reefs which are very sensitive".
The owners of popular seaside café-cum-restaurant The Jetty in have launched a bid to more than double the premises in size.
There is a plaque a short distance away near Beacons Jetty commemorating this remarkable and important moment in history.