Riverboats moored along the riverfront to unload goods, transfer passengers, and load lead from nearby mines.

A large fish market arose where ships moored at the dam to load and unload goods.

They usually have loading docks to load and unload goods from trucks.

In many old houses, the former staircases used to unload goods are now flooded, rendering the former ground floor uninhabitable.

The western side of the dock once had a large crane on tracks along the side of the dock to load and unload goods from canal barges.