Stanley Pool
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Across Stanley Pool chugged the river ferry Congolia No. 10.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Kongo has a long stretch of navigable water, but is interrupted by rapids below Stanley Pool.
From Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges by Redway, Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw)
In this he was successful, and in September 1880 reached Stanley Pool, on the north side of which Brazzaville was subsequently founded.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various
From Brazzaville on Stanley Pool there is 680 m. of uninterrupted steam navigation N.E. into the heart of Africa, 330 m. being on the Congo and 350 m. on the Ubangi.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various
The Upper Congo starts at Stanley Pool, and as far as Stanley Falls—a distance of over one thousand miles—has a navigable current.
From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Badlam, Anna B.
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