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 Platt Amendment also guaranteed the United States its own naval and coaling station on the island’s southern Guantanamo Bay and prohibited Cuba from making treaties with other countries that might eventually threaten their independence.
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
St. Thomas is, as we have said, a coaling station for steamships, and when the business is in progress a most unique picture is presented.
From Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America by Ballou, Maturin Murray
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