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"Staith"
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coal
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staeth
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waggons
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colliery
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gantry
A landing place; an elevated staging upon a wharf for discharging coal, etc., as from railway cars, into vessels.
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the place where the coals are shipped by a spout or by a machine for lowering the waggons.
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Loading gantry, usually at or near a colliery, for loading coal into boats or ships.
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The extremity of a line of rails laid on a platform for discharging material into a boat. Derived from the Old English word " staeth" meaning 'bank'.
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