of quay walls, the wharfs being provided with electrical cranage.
wide, while on the right bank quays have been constructed with numerous wharfs and warehouses.
of wharfs, the shipping facilities have been greatly increased by the extensive harbour improvements undertaken by the Federal government.
Modern science has converted "Steamer Point" into a seemingly impregnable position, the peninsula which the "Point" forms to the whole crater being cut off by a fortified line which runs from north to south, just to the east of the coal wharfs.
The aristocratic owners of these plantations dealt directly with trade, exporting on to the world market from riverside wharfs.