coal yard

Black rock storage

A coal yard is a place where coal is stored and sold, typically a commercial facility that supplies coal for heating, industrial use, or other purposes.

Before central heating became widespread, coal yards were common fixtures in towns and cities: He worked at the coal yard, loading trucks through the winter months.

Related
  • cokeCarbonized coal fuel
  • sootCarbon from incomplete burning
  • anthraciteHighest-grade coal variety
  • bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
  • furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure

stoker · slag · ash · clinker · hopper · tender · steam · steam engine · locomotive · depot · stockpile · grime · dust · shovel · wheelbarrow · tipple · chute · railroad

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Opposites
type of material storage/distribution facility

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Wood retail facility

timber yard · oil depot · ice house · lumber yard · woodlot

energy source infrastructure

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Grid-scale photovoltaic installation

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Family

coal, yard, coals, yards, coaling, coalfield, coalmine, yardage, yardarm

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G