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marine railway † 
a device consisting of a cable-drawn cradle equipped to run on rails up and down a ramp, used for launching and landing boats or for moving boats from one water level to another.
- 1836 A marine rail-way has been formed, and a great deal of business is carried on in the dock yard.
- 1860 A Marine Railway, for the rapid repair of vessels, is wanted at this port.
- 1963 I mean the marine railways on the Severn river portion of the Trent waterway. They carry pleasure boats, even up to 20 tons, over the tops of two big hydro-electric power dams and lower them gently into the river 60 feet below.
- 1836 A marine rail-way has been formed, and a great deal of business is carried on in the dock yard.