bulkhead
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For outdoor adventure enthusiasts, there is also a new dock with concrete pilings, boat and jet ski lifts, and vinyl bulkhead that are situated on a 75 x 160 waterfront lot.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 12, 2026
He learned to never sit near the bulkhead where bassinets frequently were placed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Extent of the flooding if the bulkhead had been watertight.
From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025
But to the naked eye, they had the charm of a bulkhead door leading to a scary basement.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
“All right,” says Carlyle, leaning back against the green copper bulkhead of the map room.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
Officials have long known the height of the city’s historic seawalls and bulkheads, which were built in the early to mid-1900s, would not hold up to rising tides.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
It also found design standards to be "poor with all the vessels lacking watertight bulkheads, doors and hatches".
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2025
The city undertook an emergency project to install two new bulkheads to repair washouts from the storm, with construction costs totaling nearly $4.9 million, according to a report from the Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2024
It is disheartening to see new bulkheads installed along our shorelines, especially as we are making significant investments in Puget Sound recovery.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2024
They’d all been stuffed into the bulkheads and decks of the Maafa.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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