marine railway
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of marine railway
An Americanism dating back to 1815–25
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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
She has had him out on the marine railway of love, has made proper survey, and has decided that she would hate to sail the sea of matrimony with him.
From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Holman Day
A marine railway floated the boats in and out at high tide, and at such times creaked complainingly.
From Glory of Youth by Henry Hutt
Tom and his chum had managed to get the Kilo to Ramsey's dock, and over the ways of the inclined marine railway that led from the shop on shore down into the river.
From Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone or the Picture That Saved a Fortune by Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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