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Meaning of "marine railway" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MARINE RAILWAY

marine railway


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MARINE RAILWAY

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conjunction
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Marine railway is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MARINE RAILWAY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Patent slip

The patent slip or Marine Railway was invented by Scot Thomas Morton in 1818 as a cheaper alternative to a dry dock for ship repair. It consisted of an inclined plane, which extended well into the water, and a wooden cradle onto which a ship was floated. The ship was then attached to the cradle and hauled out of the water up the slip. In 1832, a House of Commons Select Committee, under the chairmanship of the, Rt. Hon. Sir George Cockburn, was convened to adjudicate on a petition by Thomas Morton to extend the duration of his patent. The committee eventually did not support the patent extension. It was claimed that not only was the cost of a slip one tenth of a dry dock but also by hauling completely onto a clear dry area that it was easier to carry out the maintenance. Early designs would have used manpower and block and tackle to provide mechanical advantage, while later solutions used steam engines. One of the earliest surviving marine railways is the Creque Marine Railway on Hassel Island in the Caribbean.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MARINE RAILWAY

marinate · marination · Marinduque · marine · marine biologist · marine biology · marine borer · marine engineer · marine engineering · marine insurance · marine life · marine science · marine scientist · marine snow · marine surveyor · marine toad · marine underwriter · mariner · mariner´s compass · marinera

WORDS THAT END LIKE MARINE RAILWAY

aerial railway · alway · cable railway · cog railway · elevated railway · funicular railway · Galway · hallway · inclined railway · light railway · model railway · oilway · rack and pinion railway · rack railway · railway · rollway · scenic railway · spillway · tollway · Trans-Siberian Railway

Synonyms and antonyms of marine railway in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «marine railway» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MARINE RAILWAY

Find out the translation of marine railway to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of marine railway from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «marine railway» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

海洋铁路
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

ferrocarril marino
570 millions of speakers
en

English

marine railway
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

समुद्री रेलवे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السكك الحديدية البحرية
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

морской железнодорожной
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

ferroviária marinha
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

সামুদ্রিক রেল
260 millions of speakers
fr

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ber
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Keretapi laut
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Aufschleppe
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

海洋鉄道
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

해양 철도
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Marine railway
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đường sắt biển
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

கடல் இரயில்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

सागरी रेल्वे
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Deniz demiryolu
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

ferrovia marine
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

PKP morskich
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

морської залізничної
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

feroviar marin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θαλάσσιο σιδηροδρομική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mariene spoorweg
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

marina järnvägs
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

marine jernbane
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of marine railway

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MARINE RAILWAY»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about marine railway

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MARINE RAILWAY»

Discover the use of marine railway in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to marine railway and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Argument in favor of a Marine Railway around the Falls of ...
Charles C. WOODMAN. of, the President may declare the said contract void, and all rights thereunder and under this law forfeited, and may terminate said contract , and at once proceed to relet said railway, and make and enter into a new ...
Charles C. WOODMAN, 1865
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Popular Mechanics
By J. A. STEVENS To the Small Repair Yard as Well as the Individual Yacht or Small-Boat Owner, This Homemade Marine Railway Will Prove of Value; the Underwater Shape of the Boat Need Not Be Known OFFERS ANNOUNCED IN ...
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Design of Marine Facilities for the Berthing, Mooring, and ...
10.3 MARINE RAILWAYS The marine railway dry dock is a mechanical means for lifting a ship out of the water to an elevation above the highest tides. Operating on the basic principle of the inclined plane, the marine railway comprises a ...
John Gaythwaite, 2004
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Port Construction and Rehabilitation
A marine railway consists of a platform carrying a cradle which operates on a railway from deep water to shallow water or dry land. Small vessels are secured to the cradle on the platform and then hauled ashore for inspection or for work on  ...
‎1964
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Popular Science
... you never have to fire one up. Vacation-Mime. BOMaMMMMi. Special. i. Portable. THIS ramp makes a private marine railway at a summer cottage or campsite. It makes it easy for you or the kids to haul a boat out of the water in minutes at the ...
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The Archaeology of Maritime Landscapes
In 1888, a marine railway corporation formed in Pensacola and a New York marine engineer named H. Haines planned a slipway capable of lifting vessels up to 2,000 tons from the water on Deadman's Island (Haines 1888). In the Pensacola ...
Ben Ford, 2011
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A Digest of Patents, Issued by the United States from 1790 ...
INVENTIONS OR DISCOVERIEB. PATENTEES. rmsrnnucn. WHEN ISSUED. Marine railway, - - - - - Daniel Rogers, - - Mobile, Ala. - - April 3, 1829. Marine railway, - - - - - Richard P. Joraleman and - Isaac Lockman, - Northfield, N. Y. - - April 16, ...
Henry-Leavitt Ellsworth, 1840
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How We Got to Coney Island: The Development of Mass ...
The extension, which was called the Marine Railway, linked the Manhattan Beach Hotel with a pavilion Corbin had built at Point Breeze—an establishment he saw as appealing to a broader cross-section of customers than the exclusive ...
Brian Cudahy, 2009
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A Respectable Ditch: A History of the Trent Severn Waterway, ...
When the new enlarged marine railway was built in 1976 the gap was widened and deepened and a six-foot-high wall was built across the depression in the side of the main chute, preventing any overflow from entering the pool when the dam ...
James T. Angus, 1998
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Popular Mechanics
The big marine railway and cradle is an interesting mechanical contrivance in itself. Essentially it is quite different from the average marine railway in that its 90- foot cradle is under- slung. The big wooden beams constituting the sides rest on  ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MARINE RAILWAY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term marine railway is used in the context of the following news items.
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Public outreach seen as critical to building resilient Provincetown'
Santos described how he once had to dig out the marine railway at his place of business when it was covered in two feet of sand. He also ... «Wicked Local Truro, Jul 15»
2
10 things to do for free in the North East
There is plenty fun to be had in the park, whether you ride the marine railway on the miniature steam railway or follow the new art trail that ... «Hartlepool Mail, Jul 15»
3
Jacques Cousteau's Calypso and her Seattle roots
Her original name was BYMS-26 when she was launched in 1942 at Ballard Marine Railway. She served the Royal British Navy during World ... «MyNorthwest.com, Jul 15»
4
Ottens' Harbor site going on auction block
... dating to 1906, when Henry H. Ottens expanded the Holly Beach Harbor, bringing in a marine railway to the harbor, and an ice house. «Shore News Today, Jun 15»
5
Rowing foundation offers water opportunities for youth
With the help of a marine railway and a rickshaw to get him to the water's edge, he's never stopped sailing. He encouraged his daughters to sail ... «Central Kitsap Reporter, Jun 15»
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All American Marine set to double in size
... a 400 ton lift capacity marine railway, a 140-ton capacity land crane, a 65-ton capacity floating crane, and a number of other mobile cranes. «Marine Log, Jun 15»
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Movement toward a Calypso historic marker
Back then Pacific Fishermen Ship Yard was Ballard Marine Railway Co., Inc. The boat was commissioned to the Royal Navy in 1942 and ... «Ballard News Tribune, Jun 15»
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Old Shubenacadie Canal route in Dartmouth to house interpretive park
The successful canal used an innovative marine railway to lift boats from Halifax Harbour to Sullivan's Pond — the first step on its journey. «CBC.ca, Jun 15»
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Ohio resident wants birthplace of Jacques Cousteau's 'Calypso …
Dixon tells us it was laid down on August 12, 1941 as BYMS-26 by the Ballard Marine Railway Co., and launched March 21, 1942; The ... «My Ballard, Jun 15»
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An act of surprise and delight
Mr. Benjamin's portrait depicts the wooden boat designer and builder gazing out a window of the Gannon & Benjamin Marine Railway boat ... «Martha's Vineyard Times, Jun 15»
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