Sentence examples for ferry served from inspiring English sources

Once the war began Harpers Ferry served as an important link in the defense of Washington, D.C., and was repeatedly attacked by both Union and Confederate armies.

Ferry served as premier or in other key cabinet posts during most of the period from 1880 to 1885 and left his mark on two institutions: the public school system and the colonial empire.

We began at Deadman's Bar, so named for a triple murder in 1886, and continued on for 10 relaxing miles, ending at Menor's Ferry, where visitors can still see the cabin and general store built by William D. Menor, a homesteader whose wooden ferry served as a vital river crossing in the early 1900s.

During the 19th century, Lee's Ferry served as a gateway for the expansion of white settlement from Utah south into Arizona.

Lee's Ferry served as a military outpost for 19th century settlements in Utah, a center of limited gold seeking and since the 1920s the principal point at which river flow is measured to determine water allocations in the Colorado River basin.

The only ferry serving Fishers Island operates out of New London.

It is unclear to me if the ferry is used solely to access the restaurant, or if the ferry serves the entire island and the ferry owner happens to also own the restaurant.

A larger ferry serving the Channel Islands is due to come into service in March, Condor Ferries has announced.

Two diesel-powered ferries served the island, Waa Hele Honoa (YFB-83) and Moko Holo Hele (YFB-87).

Year-round ferries serve the island from Terracina.

Other ferries serve Long Island, but none go to Manhattan.