Stanley Falls
Americanplural noun
plural noun
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"Like an empty Huntley and Palmer biscuit tin" was his description of boats like the Roi des Belges, the double-decked stern-wheeler that he sailed up to Stanley Falls.
From Time Magazine Archive
It took the expedition three weeks to descend Stanley Falls, and more than a month, much of it spent carrying the boats, to get through and around Livingstone Falls.
From Time Magazine Archive
Near Stanleyville the "Seven Cataracts of the Congo" or "Stanley Falls" halted the royal steamer, and King & Queen were obliged to motor around the Cataracts.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1898 the first railway connecting Matadi, on the Lower Congo, with Leopoldville, on the Stanley Pool, opened the great waterway as far as the Stanley Falls.
From Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day by Cammaerts, Emile
It seems that grave abuses first crept in during the course of the campaign for the extirpation of slavery and slave-raiding in the Stanley Falls region.
From The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by Rose, John Holland
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