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Coaling station

noun
1.
A seaport where ships can take on supplies of coal.





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"Coaling station" Quotes from Famous Books



... were all sufficient for Dewey. Even without them he had no alternative. Obliged to leave British, he would soon be debarred from Chinese, waters; he was nearly 8,000 miles from a home-port, and Honolulu, his nearest coaling station, was 6,000 miles away. ...
— Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 of 8 • Various
... has been sent to the Samoan Islands to make surveys and take possession of the privileges ceded to the United States by Samoa in the harbor of Pago-Pago. A coaling station is to be established there, which will be convenient and useful ...
— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various


Words linked to "Coaling station" :   harbor, seaport, harbour, haven


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