Meaning of coaling plant | Babel Free
Definitions
A tall structure provided at a locomotive depot to supply coal to steam locomotives.
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.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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