Marine railways fading from memory

(HometownAnnapolis.com) - "Marine railways have nothing to do with trains - a common mistake for those introduced to them for the first time," Mr. Webb said in his thesis.
"A marine railway is a mechanical device used to lift boats from the water so that the vessel may be serviced. Marine railways have existed in different sizes, although the basic characteristics of most 20th century railways are universal: a pair of rails built on a wooden foundation that stretched along a shoreline and extended into a body of water. Continued