Sentence examples for construction was abandoned from inspiring English sources

It immediately faced competition from the Erie Canal, however, and further construction was abandoned in 1850 after the canal had reached Cumberland.

This shift was originally believed to have taken place around 1000 A.D. The Yenikapı ships suggest that key elements of skeleton-based construction were already known by the seventh century — long before the shell-based construction was abandoned.

The construction was abandoned and never finished.

Construction was abandoned in 1917 during the October Revolution when the ship was about 80% complete.

Construction was abandoned in 1917 during the October Revolution when the ship was 63% complete.

Setnakhte started to excavate KV11 but broke into the tomb of Amenmesse, so construction was abandoned and he instead usurped the tomb of Twosret, KV14.

Construction of the building was abandoned in 1809.

The building was abandoned.

Two years after its construction, it was abandoned to mines with the Soviet invasion.

There's a precedent in Indiana for stopping a power plant in mid-construction: Marble Hill Nuclear Power Station was abandoned in 1984 because of cost overruns when it was even closer to completion than the Edwardsport plant is.

Construction of the memorial was abandoned when funds fell short in 1830.