ship-channel

We made a careful examination of the famous harbor of Pearl River, in the island of Oahu, a few miles from Honolulu, including a survey of the entrance to that harbor and an estimate of the cost of cutting a deep ship-channel through the coral reef at the extremity of that entrance toward the sea.

Forty-Six Years in the Army John M. Schofield

At sea was the usual "bar," changing slightly from year to year, but generally the main ship-channel came from the south, parallel to Morris Island, till it was well up to Fort Moultrie, where it curved, passing close to Fort Sumter and up to the wharves of the city, which were built mostly along the Cooper River front.

Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger

Houston also is to share with Galveston by the completion of the ship-channel which connects the city with Galveston Bay.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

On the left, some two miles distant, was Fort Gaines, a small brick-and-earth work, mounting a few heavy guns, but too far away from the ship-channel to cause much uneasiness to the fleet.

The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 (of 2) Willis J. Abbot 1898

Darien was explored, and an ambitious scheme to cut a ship-channel through was found to be impracticable.

The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 (of 2) Willis J. Abbot 1898

Both patrol boats and petty officers had their private orders, and I fancy that these steps resulted in very few soundings being taken, and in the ship-channel remaining uncharted by our German visitors.

Here, There and Everywhere Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892

This entrance is jealously guarded by a heavy battery of 12 in. and 6 in. guns, and the ten-mile long ship-channel inside the reefs from St. George's to the Dockyard is very difficult and complicated, though I imagine that, with modern guns, a ship could lie outside the reefs and shell the islands to pieces.

Here, There and Everywhere Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892

The Governor, fully alive to the advantage a possibly hostile power might reap from an independent survey and charting of the tortuous and difficult ship-channel between St. George's and the Dockyard, at once held a consultation with the Senior Naval Officer, in the Admiral's absence, and, as a result of this consultation, three naval petty officers were detailed to show the Germans the best fishing-grounds.

Here, There and Everywhere Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892

Point -- a dozen leagues due south from the town -- sat Fort Morgan, keeping this gate, the port's main ship-channel.

Kincaid's Battery George Washington Cable 1884

The main ship-channel, then as now, ran nearly east and west, at right angles to the Hook and close to its northern end.

The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence 1877