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coaling plants

coaling plants is the plural of coaling plant.

Meaning of coaling plant

Noun

coaling plant (plural coaling plants)

  1. (dated) A tall structure provided at a locomotive depot to supply coal to steam locomotives.
    • 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.1948 November and December, “Crewe M.P.D. to be Modernised”, in Railway Magazine, page 372

Questions about coaling plants

What is coaling plants the plural of?
Coaling plants is the plural of coaling plant.

Words near coaling plants in the dictionary

  1. coalignments
  2. coaligns
  3. coaliness
  4. coaling
  5. coaling plant
  6. coaling plants
  7. coaling stage
  8. coaling stages
  9. coaling station
  10. coaling stations
  11. coaling tower

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