wharf

But at the end of the city-owned wharf, hanging on a flimsy metal fence, are small warning signs.

It was a place transformed, with railroads and wharves running at capacity.

A major fire is still raging at the site and pictures show huge, billowing black clouds over the wharfs.

About 150 feet along the end of the wharf was washed away last month during dangerous high surf from a series of atmospheric river events that battered Northern California, Oregon and Washington.

The pier was one of several public wharves and piers in the state actively undergoing structural integrity upgrades.