staithe — ozdic

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noun

1

A riverbank

2

A fixed structure where ships land, especially to load and unload; wharf; landing stage.

Trevithick's first use of steam traction on rail took place at Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, on a tramroad 9¾ miles long between the Penydarren ironworks of Samuel Homfray, and the staithes at Abercynon, where the worked iron was loaded into barges on the Glamorganshire Canal.

3

An installation built at the railside or nearby for the storage of coal unloaded from wagons.

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Trevithick's first use of steam traction on rail took place at Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, on a tramroad 9¾ miles long between the Penydarren ironworks of Samuel Homfray, and the staithes at Aberc

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