Coal bin
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A coal bin, coal store or coal bunker is a storage container for coal awaiting use or transportation. This can be either in domestic, commercial or industrial premises, or on a ship or locomotive tend
Coal bin at Dawson Valley Colliery, Australia, seen in 2008
Coal delivery in 1921 to an underground coal bin through an opening in the pavement
Central heating
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A central heating system provides warmth to a number of spaces within a building from one main source of heat.
Coal bin
…or locomotive tender, or at a coal mine or processing plant. Domestic coal bunkers are associated with the use of coal in open fires or for solid-fuel central heating. Free-standing bunkers were commonly made of wood or concrete and are currently sold in materials including plastic or galvanised metal. Coal bins or…
A condensing boiler
Hot water central heating unit, using wood as fuel
Ruins of the hypocaust under the floor of a Roman villa at La Olmeda, Province of Palencia (Castile and León, Spain)
Sylvester's warm-air stove, 1819