pier
Let an agent handle piers by type, location, owner, access, safety and heritage, and separate the bridge support sense.
Research draft, second pass
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Researched by: Claude
Purpose and description
Let an agent handle piers by type, location, owner, access, safety and heritage, and separate the bridge support sense.
A raised structure extending from the shore over water, supported on piles or floating, used for mooring and landing boats, loading cargo, fishing and recreation, such as seaside pleasure piers, floating piers and jetties; bridge piers are supporting columns of a different sense.
What it is for: Boat access, transport, fishing and leisure.
It can be find piers and access information; check safety rules and closures; learn about heritage piers; find ferry and boat services from piers.
Distinguishing features
Extends over water
Supported on piles or floats
Transport or leisure use
Exposed to storms
What it looks like
Walkways on piles or floats extending into the sea, lakes or rivers, sometimes with pavilions.
How it is recognised
Deck on piles over water
Seaside pleasure piers
Breakwaters are solid barriers
Related models
is a kind of - category
is related to - related structures
serves - transport
is confused with - another sense
In practice
Families and kinds
pleasure piers
landing and ferry piers
fishing piers
floating piers and pontoons
industrial and cargo piers
Standards and regulation
Maritime and harbour authority rules
Heritage listing for historic piers
Water safety guidance
Failure modes and hazards
Falls and jumping into water (tombstoning)
Storm damage and closures
Structural decay
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Pier Which pier.
Details identify.
Identity
Name and place.
Identity
Identity.
- Which pier is meant, and who owns or operates it? provenance
- What is it used for? provenance
Access
Opening.
Access
Access.
- Is the pier open, and is there a fee? provenance
- Is it accessible for wheelchair users? provenance
Safety Water safety.
Safety comes first.
Emergency
Person in water.
Emergency
Person in water.
- Has someone fallen into the water? boundary
- Should the coastguard or emergency services be called and a lifebuoy thrown? action
Rules
Jumping and weather.
Rules
Safety rules.
- Are jumping or fishing allowed, and are there storm closures? provenance
- What do water safety bodies advise about jumping? provenance
Heritage History.
Piers have histories.
History
Past.
History
History.
- When was the pier built, and what is its history? provenance
- Is it a listed structure? provenance
Restoration
Conservation.
Restoration
Restoration.
- Which restoration projects or trusts support the pier? provenance
- How can people help? action
Transport Services.
Piers serve boats.
Ferries
Timetables.
Ferries
Ferries.
- Which boat or ferry services depart from this pier? provenance
- Where are the timetables? provenance
Senses
Disambiguation.
Senses
Other senses.
- Is a supporting pier of a bridge or building meant? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should pier types be separate entries?
- How should heritage piers be linked?
- How should the bridge sense be split off?