coal yards
Black rock storage
Coal yards are facilities where coal is stored and sold, typically to households and businesses for heating fuel.
Before natural gas and oil became dominant, coal yards were common in towns and cities, receiving shipments by rail or barge and distributing to local customers: He worked at the coal yard weighing deliveries.
- sootCarbon from incomplete burning
- cindersPartly burned coal pieces
- black lungCoal dust respiratory disease
- stockpileAccumulated reserve supply
- locomotiveRailway pulling machine
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