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Plans were immediately made to have a screwpile steel jetty constructed to take three more vessels, together with lighterage facilities.
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FIRE crews and the Victor Harbor Sea Rescue squadron were called to a fire underneath the screwpile jetty on Granite Island this morning.
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FIRE crews and the Victor Harbor Sea Rescue squadron were called to a fire underneath the screwpile jetty on Granite Island this morning.
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Donahoo specialized in conical towers of brick and stone, yet Maryland is equally well known for the screwpile light station, an offshore beacon built on an underwater platform that was screwed to rocks and sandy shoals, paradoxically the main hazards of ship navigation.
unknown title 2009
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