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    A chaldron (also chauldron or chalder) was an English measure of dry volume, mostly used for coal; the word itself is an obsolete spelling of cauldron...
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    tipping trough, often found in mines. Known in the UK as a tippler or chaldron wagon and in the US as a mine car. Mining cart shown in De Re Metallica...
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    Newcastle upon Tyne, in the United Kingdom. It was employed to haul coal chaldron wagons from the mine at Wylam to the docks at Lemington in Northumberland...
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    tippler or chaldron wagon, and in the US as a mine car. The first railway bulk-cargo gondolas, the first freight wagons, were the chaldron cars of the...
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    related to Cauldrons. Look up cauldron in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chaldron, an obsolete spelling of 'cauldron', an English measure of dry volume....
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    422 mm) was set to accommodate the existing gauge of hundreds of horse-drawn chaldron wagons that were already in use on the wagonways in the mines. The railway...
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    Teaspoon Tablespoon Fluid ounce Cup Pint Quart Trade gallon Gallon Other Chaldron Minim Gill Fluid Scruple Fluid Drachm Peck Bushel Barrel Stuck Hogshead...
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  • calorigenic, calorimeter, caudle, cauldron, chafe, chafery, chalder, chaldron, chaud-froid, chauffer, chauffeur, chauffeuse, decalescence, decalescent...
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    company took the important step of offering to haul the colliery wagons or chaldrons by locomotive power, something that required a scheduled or timetabled...
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    Newcastle chaldron (pronounced chalder in Newcastle) of coal, about 53 long cwt (5,900 lb; 2,700 kg). This differed from the London chaldron, which was...
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    Blackfriars, three chaldrons of coal were carbonized each day, providing the gas equivalent of 9,000 Argand lamps. So 28 chaldrons of coal were carbonized...
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  • the Troy pound. 1963 c. 31 — Weights and Measures Act 1963 abolished the chaldron of coal, the fluid drachm and minim (effective 1 February 1971), discontinued...
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    and authorized the building of the Monument. A duty of one shilling on a chaldron (at the time approximately 2,670 kg) of coal was imposed to pay for these...
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    duke, and all others interested in a certain duty of twelve pence per chaldron on coals shipped in the river Tyne to be consumed in England, and to grant...
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    Collection". collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk. "Cramlington Colliery chaldron wagon, c 1826 | Science Museum Group Collection". "Horse drawn railway...
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    examples by Stephen Lewin from Seaham and Black, Hawthorn & Co) and many chaldron wagons, the region's traditional type of colliery railway rolling stock...
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    to Stratford. 55 chaldrons of coke fuel were used (roughly 165 tons), equalling 76 mi (122 km) per chaldron; at 12s (60p) per chaldron, this equalled 2d...
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  • A coal truck may refer to: Bathtub gondola, a type of railway gondola Chaldron wagon Dumper Dump truck Haul truck Hopper car Mine car Minecart Mineral...
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    coalfield near Newcastle upon Tyne. They were mostly used to transport coal in chaldron wagons from the coalpits to a staithe (a wooden pier) on the river bank...
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    91 m) wide. This was just large enough to accommodate the custom-built chaldron wagons. Because of the gradual gradient of the tunnel, loaded wagons were...
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    and turkies dressed after the Dutch way", "fricasey of calves feet and chaldron, after the Italian way", additional recipes for curry and pilau, "turtle...
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  • calorigenic, calorimeter, caudle, cauldron, chafe, chafery, chalder, chaldron, chaud-froid, chauffer, chauffeur, chauffeuse, decalescence, decalescent...
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    Duke, and of all others interested, in a certain Duty of twelve Pence per Chaldron on Coals shipped in the River Tyne to be consumed in England, and to grant...
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    duke, and all others interested in a certain duty of twelve pence per chaldron on coals shipped in the river Tyne to be consumed in England, and to grant...
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    Sunderland. In 1758, from the Rainton coalfield, 20866 chaldrons of coal were shipped abroad (a chaldron weighed two tons 13 hundredweight). He represented...
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    further continuing, towards those Purposes, the Imposition of Six Pence per Chaldron, or Ton, of Coals and Culm imported into the Port of the said City, established...
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    Waggonway started commercial operation. The wagonway was used to haul coal chaldron wagons from the mine at Wylam to the docks at Lemington-on-Tyne in Northumberland...
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    been mostly replaced by conveyor belts. British narrow gauge railways Chaldron Corf Decauville wagon Mine car Minecart Mineral wagon Mine railway Welbourn...
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    Newcastle chaldron (pronounced chalder in Newcastle) of coal, about 53 long cwt (5,900 lb; 2,700 kg). This differed from the London chaldron, which was...
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  • of dealing with 25 to 35 chaldrons per hour, and the berths could take vessels at low water of spring tides. The chaldrons were lowered to the ship on...
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