waterway

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Meaning

Heavy plank or timber extending fore and aft the whole length of a vessel's deck at the line of junction with the sides, forming a channel to the scuppers, which are cut through it. In iron vessels the waterway is variously constructed.

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I would have devoted my whole efforts to securing the waterway to India – by the acquisition of Egypt or of Crete, and would in no way have discouraged the obliteration of Turkey. Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

As founder and co-chair of the upper Mississippi River Congressional task force, I have long sought to preserve the river's health and historical multiple uses, including as a natural waterway and a home to wildlife, for the benefit of future generations of Americans. Ron Kind

After 1774, York Factory became the main post because of its convenient access to the vast interior waterway systems of the Saskatchewan and Red rivers. Source: Internet

Although this did not grant outright control of the strategic waterway, it did give Britain leverage. Source: Internet

As part of the new scheme, for the Year of Coasts and Waters, grants of between £3,000 and £20,000 will be available for projects which help communities to protect, promote or engage with Scotland’s coastal or inland waterway. Source: Internet

A "slate boom" occurred in Europe from the 1870s until the first world war, allowed by the use of the steam engine in manufacturing slate tiles and improvements in the road and waterway transportation systems. Source: Internet

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