piers

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From piers to palaces, tourist attractions are getting creative to lure in the trippers.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

But in 1982-83, when another super El Niño occurred, storms destroyed multiple piers and ripped away a 400-foot section of the Santa Monica Pier.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

This year, another capability showed up on the Chinese coast: mobile piers that can be used to unload directly onto a beach or possibly to a damaged port.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025

Across the narrow strip of water, AFP could see the skyline of the Chinese city of Xiamen, the piers of China's unfinished Xiamen-Kinmen bridge and Xiamen's new international airport, due to open next year.

From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025

Lines of jeeps drove onto the ships, creating traffic jams on the piers greater than any that had been seen on land.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly