Jesselton
Britishnoun
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Across the Jesselton Point harbor I could just make out a ramshackle village.
From New York Times
Old Jesselton was largely leveled by subsequent Allied bombing.
From New York Times
The British renamed the place Jesselton after Sir Charles Jessel, the vice chairman of the British North Borneo Company, and the local economy boomed after the Trans-Borneo Railway was built in the early 20th century, allowing rubber to be transported efficiently from the interior to the coast.
From New York Times
The remainder which call for separate mention are Lahat Datu on Darvel Bay on the east coast; Kudat on Marudu Bay and Jesselton on Gaya Bay on the west coast.
From Project Gutenberg
A railway of indifferent construction runs along the west coast from Jesselton to Weston on Brunei Bay, with a branch along the banks of the Padas to Tenom above the rapids.
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