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Meaning of coaling plant | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A tall structure provided at a locomotive depot to supply coal to steam locomotives.

dated

Equivalents

Deutsch Bekohlungsanlage

Examples

“Crewe North Motive Power Depot is to be modernised completely. This includes the provision of a new coaling plant, ash handling plant, and two new locomotive sheds of the latest roundhouse type, each with 32 roads radiating from a 70-ft. dia. turntable.”

“The final stages will be the demolition next year of the remaining part of the steam Jubilee Shed and the removal of the great, unroofed coaling plant nearby (said to be the oldest in the country); the turntable is also to disappear.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

coaling stage coaling station coaling tower Coalinga coalingite Coalisland