The pier's secondary role was as a public pier, where pleasure craft were allowed to dock.

There are 92 public piers along the California coast.

The presence of these weapons on the public pier makes some people uncomfortable in this rather threadbare beach town.

From our balcony, we can see the public pier, which is about 300 yards from our place.

In Queens, it can be seen from the public pier at the River's Edge restaurant.

The "parkland" includes 13 public piers and 400 acres of land under water.

Besides the Beard Street pier, the neighborhood has two other public piers.

Young, on a public pier, called Bartlett a "liar and a perjurer".

He led her to a small launch, moored to one of the public piers.

Perhaps jt wasn't proper for a girl of her position to meet a beau at a public pier.