coaling plant

coaling plant (plural coaling plants)

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

     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.

   • 1960 December, “New G.E. Line diesel loco maintenance depot at Stratford”, in Trains Illustrated, page 767:

     The final stages will be the demolition next year of the remaining part of of the steam Jubilee Shed and the removal of the great, unroofed coaling plant nearby (said to be the oldest in the country); the turntable is also to disappear.

• coaling stage, coaling tower