marine railway
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of marine railway
An Americanism dating back to 1815–25
Example Sentences
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With a 112,000-square-foot facility on eight acres of land, complete with a full-service shipyard and 250-ton marine railway, West Bay delivers from 16 to 18 yachts per year.
From Time Magazine Archive
With 36 conventional locks, two sets of flight locks, a marine railway and two of the world's highest hydraulic lift locks, a cruise here can be a real adventure.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was a machine shop at Anacapa on the opposite side of the island and a marine railway large enough to take on the disabled craft.
From El Diablo by Dan Sayre Groesbeck
A power of 250 tons is necessary to start a vessel weighing 3,000 tons over greased slides on a marine railway, when in motion, 150 tons only is required.
From Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Barkham Burroughs
I've had an offer of four hundred and fifty thousand dollars for her already—and she's still waiting to be hauled out on the marine railway and put in commission!
From Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne
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