wharfwards

Innumerable lights studded the view, some occupying effective heights, and the brilliantly lit large ferryboats careered in their transit from point to point with great liveliness and precision, and gave kaleidoscopic variableness of form and colour, to which the Campania herself contributed in her stately search wharfwards for her berth.

1898, Arthur Giles, “From Brotherhood to Brotherhood” (chapter I), in Across Western Waves and Home in a Royal Capital, London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, & Co., page 14

Yank. . . . The clutch goes into reverse. The water astern churns yellow. Pini flings the bow-line wharfwards — anywhere. It lands among the crowd on the wharf.

1925 August 29, Paul J. Haaren, “Faatoai to Papeete—Personally Conducted”, in Yachting, volume XXXVIII, number II, page 34, column 1

But pockets of the past remain — try Foxtrot Oscar (very British old-school wine bar). Finally, wharfwards, you'll find Chinese outpost Yi-Ban.

2006, “Kensington & Chelsea”, in Tom Lamont, editor, London for Londoners, Time Out Guides, page 144