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COAL DUTY BOUNDARY MARKER * |
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| A cast-iron or stone boundary post, obelisk or plate found on roads, railways, canals etc around London marking the boundary within which a duty was payable on coal. |
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COAL FIRED POWER STATION * |
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| A coal-burning power station where domestic electricity for an area is produced, eg. Battersea power station, London. |
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COAL PREPARATION PLANT * |
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| A building or range of buildings used for the cleaning, crushing and loading of freshly mined coal. |
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COAL CLEANING PLANT * |
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| A large building or structure where coal is washed, sized and graded before being sold. |
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COAL CRUSHER HOUSE * |
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| A structure housing machinery for crushing coal. Usually found at the pithead of a colliery or coal mine. |
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COAL GAS STRUCTURE * |
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| Buildings and structures associated with the production, processing and storage of coal gas. |
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COAL SLURRY TOWER * |
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| A building in which coal slurry, produced in the coal washing process, is recovered. |
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COAL MINING SITE * |
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| Includes terms for components of site. See also terms in MINING INDUSTRY SITE grouping. |
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COAL HOLE COVER * |
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| A circular, metal or wooden cover, covering a hole in the pavement where domestic coal deliveries were dropped into a store below. |
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COAL MERCHANTS * |
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| The premises of a coal merchant where coal and other kinds of solid fuel can be bought. |
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COAL EXCHANGE * |
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| A stock exchange dealing in the prices for coal and shares in coal production. |
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COAL WORKINGS * |
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| A site where coal is processed. |
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COALING CRANE * |
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| A crane used for the refueling of coal-powered vessels. |
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COALITE PLANT * |
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| Production of smokeless domestic fuel by roasting anthracite in a type of kiln. |
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COAL TIPPLER * |
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| Loading machinery tipping coal into railway wagons usually at a pithead. |
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COAL BUNKER * |
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| A structure used for the storage of coal. |
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COAL SCREEN * |
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| Series of wire mesh screens used for grading lumps of coal according to size. |
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COAL DEPOT * |
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| A depot used for the unloading of coal. |
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COAL JETTY * |
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| A raised platform for the unloading of coal from waggons or other containers. |
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COAL SHUTE * |
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| An embanked shute, often stone paved, allowing carts to tip their loads of coal from the road into a storage area. |
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COAL DROP * |
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| A crane for lowering loaded coal waggons onto a ship. |
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COAL SHED * |
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| A building used to store coal. |
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