marine railway

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marine railway

n
(Nautical Terms) another term for slipway2
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"As far as I know, this is the only privately-owned, covered marine railway in commercial operation in Alaska," Ellis says.
Boatyard Operations: Success through managing requirements and maintenance processes
1 Discharges a gun (5); 2 Marine railway on which a vessel is launched (7).
BRAINTEASERS
* Portsmouth Marine Railway Building, Marcy Street, Portsmouth (1833): From 1833 to 1855, the Portsmouth Marine Railway hauled masted tall ships weighing as much as 500 tons in from the Piscataqua River for inspection and repair.
Five for history
Another caulker and black leader, Isaac Myers, led a group of black entrepreneurs in opening and operating the Chesapeake Marine Railway and Drydock Company in 1868.
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