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monument Word or Phrase:AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY DEPOT *  
Definition:A site for the sale or hire of agricultural machinery.

monument Word or Phrase:BARRAGE BALLOON GAS DEPOT *  
Definition:A building or site used for the storage and distribution lighter than air gases for use in barrage balloons.

monument Word or Phrase:LOCAL GOVERNMENT DEPOT *  
Definition:A depot for the depositing, storage and dispatch of plant or other resources associated with the delivery of local government public services.

monument Word or Phrase:REFUSE TRANSFER DEPOT *  
Definition:A depot for the transfer of town refuse to river barges before transportation to the REFUSE DEPOT.

Word or Phrase:INLAND SORTING DEPOT *  
Definition:Sorting offices constructed during the Second World War designed to rapidly move goods from the vulnerable docks and ports via the rail network.

monument Word or Phrase:ROAD TRANSPORT DEPOT *  
Definition:A place where goods and merchandise are temporarily stored before being transported to or from somewhere by road.

monument Word or Phrase:SHOE MACHINERY DEPOT *  
Definition:A depot or warehouse for the storage, distribution and repair of shoe making machines.

monument Word or Phrase:SUBMARINE MINE DEPOT *  
Definition:A complex of purpose-built or adapted buildings used for the maintenance, storage, assembly and control of sea mines and minefields.

monument Word or Phrase:ROYAL NAVAL DEPOT *  
Definition:A building or site used for the storage and distribution of the essential logistical requirements of the Royal Navy.

Word or Phrase:AMMUNITION DEPOT *  
Definition:A site, including buildings and hardstandings, used for the storage and distribution of ammunition.

monument Word or Phrase:LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT *  
Definition:A place where railway engines are kept.

monument Word or Phrase:REGIMENTAL DEPOT *  
Definition:Any military base where the depot battalion of a regiment is based. depot battalions maintain the stores and records of a regiment and train new recruits.

monument Word or Phrase:ARMAMENT DEPOT *  
Definition:A building used to store military equipment and ammunition.

monument Word or Phrase:MILITARY DEPOT *  
Definition:A building or group of buildings, often enclosed by a system of fortifications, used by an armed force for the storage and distribution of military equipment.

monument Word or Phrase:ORDNANCE DEPOT *  
Definition:A building or site used by the armed forces for the storage and issuing of military stores and materials.

monument Word or Phrase:MINERAL DEPOT *  
Definition:A depot for the storage of various minerals.

monument Word or Phrase:REMOUNT DEPOT *  
Definition:A military depot where horses were taken and trained for service in the army.

Word or Phrase:STORAGE DEPOT *  
Definition:A building or site used for the storage of goods or equipment.

monument Word or Phrase:VEHICLE DEPOT *  
Definition:A storage facility used for the accommodation and dispersal of vehicles. Often used by the military and emergency services.

monument Word or Phrase:BUFFER DEPOT *  
Definition:A strategic food store, directly operated by, or on behalf of, the government. The stores were used to store a variety of foodstuffs. They were in operation from the end of the Second World War until the early 1990's.

monument Word or Phrase:PLEDGE DEPOT *  
Definition:A municipal pawnshop.

monument Word or Phrase:REFUSE DEPOT *  
Definition:A place where domestic refuse is collected for disposal.

monument Word or Phrase:SUPPLY DEPOT *  
Definition:A building or site used for the storage and distribution of the essential logistical requirements of an armed force.

monument Word or Phrase:COAL DEPOT *  
Definition:A depot used for the unloading of coal.

Word or Phrase:FOOD DEPOT *  
Definition:A building or site used for the storage and distribution of food.

Word or Phrase:FUEL DEPOT *  
Definition:A building or site used for the storage and distribution of fuel.

monument Word or Phrase:MILK DEPOT *  
Definition:A building where milk is deposited and stored before it is despatched to the consumer.

monument Word or Phrase:RAIL DEPOT *  
Definition:A railway yard with associated buildings used for the maintenance and storage of locomotive engines and rolling stock.

monument Word or Phrase:TRAM DEPOT *  
Definition:A place where trams are maintained and refitted, etc.

monument Word or Phrase:BUS DEPOT *  
Definition:A building, with adjacent open areas, in which buses are maintained, usually having an extensive area free from upright columns or stanchions to permit overnight storage, repair bays, stores and an office.

monument Word or Phrase:DEPOT *  
Definition:A building or site used as a storage and distribution centre.

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English Heritage National Monuments Record

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