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Ship Railway

Webster's Dictionary

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(1):

A railway on which to transport vessels overland between bodies of water.

(2):

An inclined railway running into the water with a cradelike car on which a vessel may be drawn out on land, as for repairs.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ship Railway'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/ship-railway.html. 1828.
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