Coal loading silos at Avonmouth Docks.
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Coal loading silos at Avonmouth Docks.
Image: © Sharon Loxton Taken: 4 Oct 2007
Coal is deposited into trains via these loading silos which straddle the railway. The coal silo is linked to the Portbury coal stockyard to the south by a conveyor system which runs under the river Avon. Trains are pulled under the silo at a speed of 1km per hour, and can be loaded, fully automatically, in 36 minutes.
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Image Location
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51.510105
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-2.696791