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Print shows congestion of horse-drawn carts and wagons overburdened with merchandise on Dock Street, also handcarts, teamsters and longshoremen, and railroad locomotives and cars for hauling goods from ships to markets, includes many wholesale buildings and a transportation terminal, and the masts of many ships docked along the waterfront.

Did you know many phrases that we use today have nautical origins? Lots of these terms derive from the Age of Sail — the period of time between the 16th and 19th centuries when masted ships ruled the seas.

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