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	galveston yacht club marina Lakeside Yachting Center marina marker one marina Seabrook Shipyard Kemah Boardwalk marina ...
		On July 1, 1983, South Shore Harbour Marina opened its doors to the boating community and the Clear Lake area hasn't been the same since.
		With its landmark lighthouse guiding boaters home, our 1,044 slip marina is still known as one of the most outstanding marinas on the gulf coast.
		Its wood laminated floating docks include extra wide finger piers on both sides of each slip.
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	Bristol - LoveToKnow 1911
		To the south of this centre, connected with it by Bristol Bridge, an island is formed between the Floating Harbour and the New Course of the Avon, and here are Temple Meads station, above Victoria Street, two of the finest churches (the Temple and St Mary Redcliffe) the general hospital and other public buildings.
		On the island south of the Floating Harbour are two of the most interesting churches in the city.
		- Bristol harbour was formed in 1809 by the conversion of the Avon and a branch of the Frome into "the Float," by the cutting of a new channel for the Avon and the formation of two basins.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Bristol (3762 words)

	Bristol Harbour - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Bristol Harbour is the harbour in the city of Bristol, England.
		The 70 acre (280,000 m²) harbour was created by installing lock gates on a tidal stretch of the River Avon in the centre of the city, giving it the name Floating Harbour as it is not affected by the tides.
		Bristol Harbour was the original Port of Bristol, but as ships, and their cargo, increased in size, it has now been largely replaced for commercial purposes by docks at Avonmouth and Portbury, 5 km downstream at the mouth of the River Avon.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Bristol_Harbour (851 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Bristol Harbour
		The 70 acre (0.28 km²) harbour was created by installing lock gates on a tidal stretch of the River Avon in the centre of the city, giving it the name Floating Harbour as it is not affected by the tides.
		Bristol Harbour was the original Port of Bristol, but as ships, and their cargo, increased in size, it has now been largely replaced by docks at Avonmouth and Portbury, 5 km downstream at the mouth of the River Avon.
		Museum boats are permanently berthed in the harbour, including Isambard Kingdom Brunel's SS Great Britain, the first iron hulled, propeller driven ocean liner, a replica of the Matthew, in which John Cabot discovered, in the modern era, North America at what is now known as Newfoundland, and a steam tug, the Mayflower.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bristol-Harbour (4263 words)

	John Tiley
		Prior to this, the whole of Bristol harbour had been tidal with a rise and fall of the water level of over thirty feet, and with vessels resting on the mud at low tide.
		The Floating Harbour had been 'floated' on private investment, and the investors wanted a good return on their money so they trebled the port dues.
		And until the construction of the Floating Harbour, the rivers had been scoured twice daily by the tidal flow ; after 1807 the only flow of water was from the currents of the rivers themselves.
	members.aol.com /tiley7/page_4.htm (1370 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: River Avon, Bristol
		The original course is held at a constant level by lock gates (designed by Brunel) and is known as the Floating Harbour.
		As a result of this, the Floating Harbour is one of the more successful pieces of dockland regeneration, with much of the dockside now occupied by residential, office and cultural premises, and the water area heavily used by leisure craft.
		Upstream of the Floating Harbour is the Avon Navigation proper, which continues upstream for 12 miles as far as Bath.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/River-Avon%2C-Bristol (2417 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A Mulberry harbour was a type of temporary harbour developed in World War II to offload cargo on the beaches during the Allied invasion of Normandy.
		The Mulberry harbours were two prefabricated or artificial military harbours, which were taken across the English Channel from Britain with the invading army in sections and assembled off the coast of Normandy as part of the D-Day invasion of France.
		Large floating breakwaters fabricated in steel that were anchored outside the main breakwaters that consisted of Gooseberries (block ships) and 'Phoenix' (concrete caissons).
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Mulberry_harbour (1466 words)

	Bristol's Harbourside Cotswold Archaeology
		Prior to the construction of the Floating Harbour (between 1804 and 1809), Canon's Marsh was protected from flooding by a system of defences that included banks and ditches, as depicted on 17th-century plans of Bristol.
		The Floating Harbour was built to maintain a more or less constant water level along this section of the River Avon.
		Excavations by the Floating Harbour uncovered a clay bank, which dated from at least the 18th century and formed part of the flood defences that protected Canon's Marsh.
	www.cotswoldarch.org.uk /annual_review_15/harbourside.htm (546 words)

	Guest harbours - Luleå kommun
		Harbour service: drinking water, WC, sauna, electricity, telephone, refuse bin, latrine emptying, trailer ramp, mast crane, slipway, post office, bank, restaurant, café.Other information: clubhouse with kitchen, etc. Rentable, for 30 to 40 guests + tent for 30 to 40.
		Harbour service: drinking water, WC, shower, electricity, telephone, refuse station, latrine emptying, petrol, diesel oil, Calor gas, trailer ramp, provisions, restaurant, café.
		Harbour service: drinking water, WC, shower, sauna, washing machine, electricity, telephone, refuse station, tourist information office, provisions, restaurant, café.Other information: post box, bathing, barbecue areas, bubble pool, sea sauna, pub, ferry to central Luleå, cabins for rent 20-24 beds, miniature golf.
	www.lulea.se /english/inenglish/luleaarchipelago/guestharbours.4.142ad110e98d650dc800025611.html (434 words)

	harbour-air.co.uk
		Harbour Air is the leading all-seaplane airline in the world.
		A full program of sightseeing tours was initiated, and by 1990 Harbour Air had become a substantial component of the aviation industry, operating 25 aircraft along the coast of British Columbia.
		Harbour Air customers can experience adventure in the Khutzeymateen - Valley of the Grizzly Bear in Northern British Columbia, search for Orcas off the shores of Victoria, or spend an afternoon on a secret lake north of Vancouver enjoying a picnic lunch.
	www.harbour-air.co.uk /about_harbour.html (324 words)

	Underfall Boatyard History
		The New Cut was excavated to bypass the Floating Harbour and carry the tidal waters to rejoin the River Avon near Temple Meads Station.
		The canal both fed the new harbour with water to maintain the dock level and provided a connection for barges to the river Avon, to Bath and the Kennet and Avon Canal.
		By the 1830's the Floating Harbour was suffering from severe silting and Isambard Kingdom Brunel devised a solution.
	www.underfallboatyard.co.uk /history.htm (1196 words)

	ParaWorld / ParaWorld / Buildings (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The harbour is essential if you want to leave an island or cross open water as only transport ships may transport units over deep water.
		The floating harbour can move slowly through the water, and is capable of producing ships on the open sea.
		The floating harbour must first sail over to a school of fish before it can begin fishing.
	www.paraworld.com /infosite/en/gameplay/buildings_details.php?id=_aje_floating_harbour&r=1&e=1 (99 words)

	FDN Engineering
		We are currently working on the development of floating structures for various clients and also we have a research project on floating breakwater structures.
		FDN has been involved in creating a recreational island in the harbour and also a floating road from the island to the existing constant pier for tankers.
		Coal harbours, container harbours, yacht harbours, FDN Engineering and Consultancy B.V. is specialized in the design of harbours for large vessels and for exclusive yachts.
	www.fdn-engineering.nl /eng/B2_hydraulics.htm (406 words)

	CHICHESTER HARBOUR SOLAR BOAT RIDE WEST SUSSEX \| SOLAR VESSELS AROUND THE WORLD
		The harbour is self-financing from harbour dues which may be paid on an annual, weekly or daily basis to the Harbour Office or to the patrol staff afloat or at sailing clubs around the harbour.
		The Harbour Patrol are on duty throughout the summer months and maintain a VHF radio watch on Channel 14 during office hours throughout the year.
		Subsequent research found that the normal specification for a solar powered ferry would not have been suitable for harbour use as it did not have the maneuverability required or could be of sufficient shallow draft.
	www.solarnavigator.net /chichester_harbour_solar_boat.htm (794 words)

	Wikipedia: Bristol
		Competition from Liverpool from c.1760, the disruption of maritime commerce through war with France (1793) and the abolition of the slave trade (1807) contributed to the city's failure to keep pace with the newer manufacturing centres of the north and midlands.
		The long passage up the heavily tidal Avon Gorge, which had made the port highly secure during the middle ages, had become a liability which the construction of a new "Floating Harbour" (designed by William Jessop) in 1804-9 failed to overcome.
		Nevertheless, Bristol's population (66,000 in 1801) quintupled during the 19th Century, supported by new industries and growing commerce.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/b/br/bristol.html (1731 words)

	Bristol Beckons (Site not responding. Last check: )
		We are now in what is called the Floating Harbour, although it is not the harbour that floats but the ships in it.
		From as early as 1788 William Jessop and John Smeaton had proposed various schemes to dam the River Avon to provide a "floating harbour", but it was Jessop who was to build the present docks.
		At the end of the harbour are some sevices for the modern navigator.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/Bristol-Beckons.html (1665 words)

	Sea view hangouts Copenhagen - Denmark - Visit Denmark: The official guide to Denmark with Danish tourism and travel ...
		Further east in Holmen, across the harbour from Langelinie and the Little Mermaid, is the Halvandet beach bar.
		Quite what Hans Christian Andersen's love sick fairy tale figure would make of this chilled out harbour front bar is anyone's guess, but she would certainly be at something of a disadvantage when it came to a game of beach volley ball or the football that draws the crowds here on a summer's day.
		In fact, this used to the be the location for the Copencabana pool until that was towed down the harbour to Fisketorvet, the shopping mall, in 2002 to make way for this magnificent new, permanent swimming complex, with five pools, a large a grassy bathing beach and space for 600 bathers.
	www.visitdenmark.com /CmsBasis/Framework/PageLayout/Presentation/StandardTemplate.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRORIGINALURL=%2fuk%2fen-gb%2fMenu%2fturist%2fnyheder%2fnyheder%2fsea-view-hangouts-copenhagen%2ehtm%3fWBCMODE%3dPresentationUn&NRNODEGUID=%7bA7BFF3AC-5C10-4E5A-AF97-98CD91688BB7%7d&NRCACHEHINT=NoModifyGuest&WBCMODE=PresentationUn&print=true (1029 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Pero's Bridge, during the 2004 Harbour Festival.">thumbright250pxSt Augustine's Reach and Pero's Bridge, during the 2004 Harbour Festival.
		The harbour branches from the navigable River Avon at Netham Lock in east Bristol.
		tallship in the Cumberland lock, Hotwells, during the 2004 Harbour Festival.">thumbright200pxA tallship in the Cumberland lock, Hotwells, during the 2004 Harbour Festival.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Bristol_Harbour (1756 words)

	The Raw Story \| "Toxic tanker" leaves Estonian harbour to unload waste
		Tallinn- A tanker at the centre of a toxic waste scandal in Ivory Coast left harbour in Estonia under the supervision of environmental officers, port authorities confirmed on Friday.
		Dutch newspapers and environmental campaigners from Greenpeace subsequently claimed that the ship and its sister tanker the Probo Emu had been used as floating refineries, adding toxic chemicals to part-refined oil to produce low-grade petrol.
		Port authorities in Paldiski confirmed that the Probo Koala had acted as a floating store, transferring cargo from the port to another ship.
	www.rawstory.com /news/2006/_Toxic_tanker_leaves_Estonian_harbo_10132006.html (489 words)

	Hayle Harbour
		Once a thriving harbour and home to heavy industry, associated with tin and copper mining in the 19th century, Hayle subsequently fell into disrepair as the local economy declined.
		The current regeneration project aims to restore the harbour infrastructure, much of which is Grade II listed, secure the future economic health of the harbour as a maritime facility, enhance employment opportunities and act as a catalyst for social growth within the town.
		Subject to planning approval, the project will provide a permanent floating harbour with navigation lock, a tidal flood defence to the harbour and town, a marina, a fisherman's harbour and a mixed use development comprising a large residential development, shops, hotels, commercial and business facilities.
	www.burohappold.com /BH/BHTemplate8.aspx?ID=130F0B2178B40C3484006C0CB7D1E902 (263 words)

	Tourism in Penzance & West Cornwall - Penzance Town
		The harbour is a centre of activity at all times with both a tidal section and a protected "floating" harbour.
		The main tidal harbour is filled with moored yachts and other pleasure craft where racing dinghies and cruising yachts compete regularly during the summer.
		Beside the harbour is the National Lighthouse Museum which allows the public to see and learn a little of the vital and hazardous work performed by the Lighthouse Service in the protection of our shipping and our shores.
	www.penzance.co.uk /tourism/penzance.htm (433 words)

	Floating Harbour Syndrome, Gambling at www.p2pbetting.net - asia
		and coop." As a matter of course they began to pack their camp on the floating harbour syndrome two burros that grazed among the sheep; they ordered the dogs to round up the flock.
		For two weeks they had grazed unmolested, and they were perfectly satisfied to pay floating harbour syndrome the inconvenience of a day's journey over to the Inyo line.
		At floating harbour syndrome the end of an hour the basalt gorge opened out to a wide steep slope of talus on which grew in clumps the first sage brush of the desert.
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	Finnish Maritime Administration
		Floating bollards along the eastern wall of the lock.
		When several boats are locked simultaneously, the larger boats move to the floating bollards and the smaller ones to the sides of the larger ones.
		A rope on both sides of the boat from stem to stern with a loop for attaching the bollard to the wall.
	www.fma.fi /e/leisure/canals/saimaa.php?page=saimaa_kauttakulkuohjeet (397 words)

	History - Decline of Port
		By the late 18th century, the narrow, tidal harbour that made Bristol England’s second port began a slow decline.
		The original course of the river was blocked at either end of the city to create a 'floating' harbour with a constant water level.
		The opening of the Floating Harbour in 1810 extended the life of the port, but it would never regain its former status.
	www.riveravontrail.org.uk /portdecline.html (272 words)

	Bristol City Council: Marine and waterway services: Navigation of Floating Harbour and Feeder Canal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Floating Harbour is in the centre of the City of Bristol on the historic courses of the Rivers Avon and Frome.
		The Feeder Canal connects the harbour (near Temple Meads Station) with the River Avon upstream of Netham Weir.
		St Augustine’s Reach is an arm of the harbour constructed by the citizens of Bristol and Redcliffe between the years 1240 and 1247.
	www.bristol-city.gov.uk /ccm/content/Transport-Streets/Marine-waterway-services/floating-harbour-and-feeder-canal.en (425 words)

	Features of Whitireia Park
		Porirua Harbour was formed by river valleys which were cut four to six million years ago, when the sea level was much lower than it is today.
		Porirua Harbour was also rendered too shallow for sailing ships by the 1855 earthquake.
		When some of them later drowned in the harbour it was seen by some Maori as punishment for their act of sacrilege.
	www.doc.govt.nz /templates/page.aspx?id=35097 (566 words)

	Diving and snorkeling on Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
		Maybe just the imagination, but after floating perfectly still for several seconds, even the most timid of creatures, a turtle, decided to investigate” up close and personal Truly humbling.
		Harbour Club is the most wonderful spot on Provo to stay.
		Harbour Club also provides a wireless internet service, but remember what vacation is supposed to be…yes, go to Provo.
	www.harbourclub.org /guestcomments.htm (2578 words)

	They say that there are six wonders of the modern world but the erection of the mulberry harbour at Arromanches on Gold ...
		For the landings in Normandy to succeed the Allies needed a harbour to supply the invading troops with arms,ammunition and rations.
		However, all the harbours close by at Cherbourg, Dieppe, St.Malo were heavily fortified and defended by the Germans therefore the Allies could not wait until these were liberated, so they decided that they themselves would have to build an artificial harbour.
		In ordinary circumstances it is an enormous undertaking to build a harbour but to build a floating harbour under enemy fire was a gargantuan task.
	www.esatclear.ie /~jlarkin/mulberry.htm (606 words)

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