Excerpt from Report of the Commissioner of Corporations on Transportation by Water in the United States, Vol. 3: Water Terminals, September 26, 1910 Sec. 1. Importance of terminal facilities. Providing terminals for water lines 2. Ports and harbors Industrial and commercial harbors 3. Landing and handling facilities. Docks and wharves Importance and location of wharves Wharf equipment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.