Meaning of headhouse | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.
2. The overground portion of a subway station.
3. A structure built at the top of a ventilation shaft or mineshaft.

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Examples

“Several members cast⟳ it as an either-or issue⟳, pitting the form⟳ of the headhouse against the function of the passageway.”

“HS2 Ltd has unveiled the final design⟳ for the Little Missenden ventilation shaft headhouse on the ten-mile-long Chilterns Tunnel. Its single-storey design⟳ is said to have⟳ been inspired by barns and historic agricultural buildings in the area. [...] The headhouse will sit⟳ above a ventilation shaft 17.4 metres in diameter and 30 metres deep.”

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