Sentence examples for shipping house from inspiring English sources

The son of a glove manufacturer, Werfel left home to work in a Hamburg shipping house.

In 1850 he visited Callao, Peru, where he entered the shipping house of Bryce & Co. as a clerk, becoming a partner two years later.

The hulking waterfront building that houses the hotel was built in the early 20th century and served for decades as the Shipping House, the home base for Amsterdam's maritime activity.

He spent four years in a shipping house in Liverpool, but found it neither exciting nor lucrative, and so decided on a change of career.

Sint Nicolaas Church (1886), the Beurs Stock Exchangee; 1903), and the Shipping House (1916) date from this period, as do the Rijksmuseum (1876 85), the Concertgebouw (Concert Hall; 1888), the Stedelijk Museum (1895), the Olympic Stadium (1928), and the Amstel Station (1939).

Containers can be used for shipping, housing conversions, and general storage.

The ship houses a museum.

The fragrant, reddish brown wood is used to build ships, houses, bridges, furniture, and vats and for ornamental carving.

The hold of the ship housed 57 plastic crates containing 588 separate artefacts dating from the 18th century The agreements include a deal to undertake the exploration of the HMS Victory, a predecessor to Nelson's flagship of the same name, which sank in the English Channel in 1744.

The military museum the ship houses was at risk of going out of business last year, as the costs of overhauling the carrier and rebuilding its home pier spiraled past $100 million, almost double the original estimate, said Bill White, president of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.

AS our Zodiac motored into serene, ice-free Pauline Cove, it was hard to imagine the blizzard of debauchery that had descended on the place a century before, when large ships housing hundreds of rowdy, stir-crazy sailors spent 9 to 10 months a year frozen into those very waters.