Sentences with phrase «brought as ballast»

The oldest Anglican Cathedral Church in Central America, St. John's Cathedral, was built in 1812 from bricks brought as ballast from European sailing ships.

Other Belize City points of interest: the Swing Bridge, Supreme Court Building, Government House of Culture and St. John's Anglican Church, constructed in 1812 from bricks brought as ballast from European Sailing ships.

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That includes San Francisco Bay, where the majority of inhabitants are alien species such as Chinese mitten crabs, New Zealand sea slugs and Japanese gobies — all brought by ballast water.

Sarah Silverman, as Naomi Watts» friend Sheila from the diner, has proven herself to be a real treasure in her dramatic roles bringing heart and sass to what would otherwise be a throwaway character whose main purpose is to be the kind of emotional ballast to Susan that sometimes only other adult can be.

By this time little transports were coming with supplies on a haphazard schedule, and when the Clipper ship Aranzaya arrived in 1795, she brought three workmen and the necessary timber to build a fort at Ballast Point, or as it was known at that time, Point Guijarros.

Ocean acidification, rising ocean temperatures, declining sea ice, and other environmental changes interact to affect the location and abundance of marine fish, including those that are commercially important, those used as food by other species, and those used for subsistence.16, 17,18,122,19,20,21 These changes have allowed some near - surface fish species such as salmon to expand their ranges northward along the Alaskan coast.124, 125,126 In addition, non-native species are invading Alaskan waters more rapidly, primarily through ships releasing ballast waters and bringing southerly species to Alaska.5, 127 These species introductions could affect marine ecosystems, including the feeding relationships of fish important to commercial and subsistence fisheries.