Lexicographical Neighbors of Dockizing
Literary usage of Dockizing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. ... Select Notes on the International Sunday School Lessons by Adolphus Frederick Schauffler (1901)
"Mr. Richard Glover tells us of a time when there was " considerable discussion
about ' dockizing ' the river Avon, that is, so throwing a dam across the ..."
2. Bristol Past and Present by James Fawckner Nicholls, John Taylor (1882)
"... no injury to health has been traced to this ; but should the citizens decide
on dockizing the river the whole of the sewerage must be taken out of it. ..."
3. Gloucestershire Notes and Queries: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine Devoted edited by William Phillimore Watts Phillimore, Sidney Joseph Madge (1901)
"They include the City Docks, which were originally constructed by a private
company by " dockizing " a part of the River Avon almost a hundred years ago ..."
4. Report Connected with the Project for the Construction of Docks at Calcutta by India Public Works Dept, Public Works Dept, India (1885)
"Beyond the saving in excavation, which in this instance does not exceed three or
four lakhs of rupees, there would be nothing gained in dockizing the creek. ..."
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