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Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / port | | French term or phrase: contre-jetée | Mentioned as distinct from "jetée principale":
"étude des travaux de confortement de la contre-jetée".
I'm thinking it could be a pier adjacent to the main one. |
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| | secondary pier or jetty or breakwater or N/E/S/W pier | Explanation:
pier, jetty, breakwater, mole all serve the same purpose...
GENERALLY (and according to the OED):
- piers are big, protect a water from waves, can be tied up to and landed on.
- jetties are small piers.
- breakwaters protect a water from waves only.
- moles are piers made of stone.
THEREFORE:
- If the structure cannot be landed on it is a breakwater.
- If it can and is small it is a jetty, if it is big it is a pier.
- If the contre-jetée is smaller than the main one you could call the big one the pier and the smaller one the jetty.
UK REF FOR SECONDARY PIER
20 White daymark on. framework tower, white. dwelling. TE 2003. Racon. TR 2003. *. 6593·7. - Harbour Entrance. Secondary Pier. 36 48·3 ...
nms.ukho.gov.uk/amd/wnm%5C2004%5Cweek03_242-339%5C03wknm04.pdf
HOWEVER, we generally talk about the geographic position of piers in order to differentiate between them (for me this the best solution, but perhaps the required information is not available to you):
The first, the cast iron North Pier, was designed by Eugenius Birch and opened in 1863. Five years later the South Jetty opened, but only became popular ...
www2.hilton.co.uk/sisp/index.htm?fx=destination&loc_id=131722&sub_section=Get+your+Bearings
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Graham macLachlan
Local time: 02:45
| Grading comment Thanks - I put "secondary jetty" (actually my own first instinct). I felt there was a distinction being made.
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4 mins confidence:   counter jetty
Explanation:
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construction de la contre-jetée installée à Monaco en 2002. A partir du dépouillement des essais ... the counter jetty (installed in Monaco in 2002). ...
www.cetmef.equipement.gouv.fr/colloques/geniecotier/fichier... - Similar pages
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Note added at 5 mins (2007-01-19 01:45:38 GMT)
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The counter-jetty serves three purposes: – to protect Condamine harbour and to calm the outer harbour waters (swell-breaking function), ...
www.setec.fr/FO/EN/030-projets/pop_Detail_reference.php?IdR... - 11k - Cached - Similar pages
Hydro International - Archive - July/August 2003, Volume 7, Number ...The main part of the project (putting in place the counter jetty and the floating ... The Counter Jetty. This is made of concrete; length 145m, width 30m, ...
www.hydro-international.com/issues/articles/id19-The_Extens... - 62k - Cached - Similar pages
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At that time the water was too deep to allow, using building techniques of the day, construction of a jetty and counter jetty to provide adequate protection ...
www.hydro-international.com/issues/articles/id18-High_Preci... - 59k - Cached - Similar pages
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Note added at 6 mins (2007-01-19 01:46:49 GMT)
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The first involving the reclaimed area and the counter jetty. ... With the addition of the counter jetty, Monaco will become one of the biggest yachting ...
www.gouv.mc/Dataweb/actus.nsf/(ListCh)/0ce7db9f40de19158825... - 11k - Cached - Similar pages
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