Brian J Goggin wrote: > In what sense was the word "pier" used on inland waterways in the > first half of the nineteenth century? > > We think of it now as something projecting from the shore into a body > of water (as it might be a canal basin or a stretch of river) but was > that always so? Could the word be applied to a quay or wharf parallel > to the body of water? What sort of pier was Wigan Pier? > > bjg > > > ------------------------------------
Wigan "pier"! :-) http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/T03_Imag/03.16.07/Dscn2082.jpg -- Neil Arlidge - NB Earnest
