--- In [email protected], "Mr. Raymond Tylicki" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Unfortunlaty there are only a few places left on the Erie Canal 
inland were there were Freight Docks...Places that I know of were 
Utica New York----Where there were special locks that raised and 
lowered boats to a "Inner Harbor".....and Oswego New York were a 
cement plant has a tie up on the river. Most other places on the Erie 
Canal have Concreat or Stone Walls with Metal Tie Up Posts... There 
are restriction on putng docks out into the water..
> 

Ah, it's amazing how many words get lost in translation.  A dock in 
the US is what we over here in Britain will call a jetty.  A dock in 
Britain is like a quay or wharf... but bigger :-)

I've also noticed we've also had a confusion earlier on between the 
county of Norfolk in England and the place of Norfolk in Virginia

Cheers!

Ian

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