coaling station

Noun

Meaning

a seaport where ships can take on supplies of coal

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By the end of the century it had become a major coaling station, because it was the only port in the Caribbean capable of accommodating the Royal Navy. Source: Internet

ISBN 1860112129 19th century A growing share of the West Indian trade passed through the port in the beginning of the 1800s, and the rise of steamships made Charlotte Amalie an ideal coaling station for ships sailing between North- and South America. Source: Internet

Gibraltar economy, mainly based on commercial shipping and import-export trade, takes a new income source with the opening of a coaling station for the new steam ships. Source: Internet

The purpose was to establish a mid-ocean coaling station to avoid the high taxes imposed at ports controlled by the Hawaiians. Source: Internet

Thus Aden acquired a coaling station at Steamer Point and Aden was to remain under British control until 1967. Source: Internet

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