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Coal merchant, the Glossary

A coal merchant is the term used in the UK and other countries for a trader who sells coal and often delivers it to households.^[1]

27 relations: Basement, Beeching cuts, British Rail, Central heating, Clean Air Act 1956, Coal dust, Coal hole, Coal-tax post, Collier (ship), Electric heating, Fuel oil, Gas heater, Gelderland, Goods station, Institute of Historic Building Conservation, John Ulric Nef (economic historian), Landsale, National Coal Board, Netherlands, Occupational injury, River Thames, Smokeless fuel, Solid fuel, Swindon, Train station, Unit train, Wagonload freight.
Coal industry

Basement

A basement or cellar is one or more floors of a building that are completely or partly below the ground floor.

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The Beeching cuts, also colloquially referred to as the Beeching Axe, were a major series of route closures and service changes made as part of the restructuring of the nationalised railway system in Great Britain in the 1960s.

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British Rail

British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997.

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Central heating

A central heating system provides warmth to a number of spaces within a building from one main source of heat.

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Clean Air Act 1956

The Clean Air Act 1956 (4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 52) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom enacted principally in response to London's Great Smog of 1952.

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Coal dust

Coal dust is a fine-powdered form of coal which is created by the crushing, grinding, or pulverization of coal rock.

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Coal hole

A coal hole is a hatch in the pavement (sidewalk, in US usage) above an underground coal bunker.

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Coal-tax post

Coal-tax posts are boundary marker posts found in southern England.

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Collier (ship)

A collier is a bulk cargo ship designed or used to carry coal.

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Electric heating

Electric heating is a process in which electrical energy is converted directly to heat energy.

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Fuel oil

Fuel oil is any of various fractions obtained from the distillation of petroleum (crude oil).

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Gas heater

A gas heater is a space heater used to heat a room or outdoor area by burning natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, propane, or butane.

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Gelderland

Gelderland, also known as Guelders in English, is a province of the Netherlands, occupying the centre-east of the country.

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Goods station

A goods station (also known as a goods yard or goods depot) or freight station is, in the widest sense, a railway station where, either exclusively or predominantly, goods (or freight), such as merchandise, parcels, and manufactured items, are loaded onto or unloaded off of ships or road vehicles and/or where goods wagons are transferred to local sidings.

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Institute of Historic Building Conservation

The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) is a professional body in the United Kingdom which was formed as a charitable trust company in 1997 by members of the former Association of Conservation Officers.

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John Ulric Nef (economic historian)

John Ulric Nef, Jr. (1899–1988) was an American economic historian, and the co-founder of the University of Chicago's Committee on Social Thought.

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Landsale

The landsale or land-sale system was a rental or tenement system occurring in the 18th and 19th centuries in Great Britain, named after the practice of local selling of coal and operation of small-scale "land sale" collieries.

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National Coal Board

The National Coal Board (NCB) was the statutory corporation created to run the nationalised coal mining industry in the United Kingdom.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.

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Occupational injury

An occupational injury is bodily damage resulting from working.

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River Thames

The River Thames, known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London.

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Smokeless fuel

Smokeless fuel is a type of solid fuel which either does not emit visible smoke or emits minimal amounts during combustion.

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Solid fuel

Solid fuel refers to various forms of solid material that can be burnt to release energy, providing heat and light through the process of combustion.

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Swindon

Swindon is a town in Wiltshire, England.

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Train station

A train station, railroad station, or railroad depot (mainly North American terminology) and railway station (mainly UK and other Anglophone countries) is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight, or both.

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Unit train

A unit train, also called a block train or a trainload service, is a train in which all cars (wagons) carry the same commodity and are shipped from the same origin to the same destination, without being split up or stored en route.

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Wagonload freight

In rail freight transportation the terms wagonload or wagonload freight refer to trains made of single wagon consignments of freight.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_merchant

Also known as Coal dealer, Coal-dealer.