coaling station
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of coaling station
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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In 1870, it had been at the desolate Midway Island helping to deepen the harbor channel for possible use as a coaling station, according to an account by the ship’s paymaster, George H. Read.
From Washington Post • Nov. 10, 2020
In the late 1800s the fort was refurbished as a coaling station for the US Navy, and it was from here that the USS Maine made its fateful journey to Havana in January 1898.
From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2016
The Midway Islands provided a more stable path to Asian markets and a vital naval coaling station, which steamships needed in order to travel further afield.
From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014
It is run by a military joint task force that is considered a tenant on the Navy base, which the United States opened in 1903 as a coaling station.
From Reuters • Feb. 3, 2013
Port Said may have been a sink of iniquity when Mr. Kipling was last there, but when I visited it it was a coaling station.
From The Rulers of the Mediterranean by Davis, Richard Harding
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