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fuelling station

alt. filling station n. filling station

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Fuelling station

Fuelling stations, also known as coaling stations, are repositories of fuel ( coal & later oil) that have been located to service commercial and naval vessels. Today, the term "coaling station" can also refer to coal storage and feeding units in fossil-fuel power stations.

Usage examples of "fuelling station".

Moreover the island was used as a fuelling station for raids against Russia (which is why we were there - to stop the base from being bombed) so it usually had several large airships at mast near the harbor.

I began to believe that not only was there at least one fuelling station in the Outer Hebrides but that the islanders derived a good deal of their wealth, and therefore their security in troubled times, from the ship or ships which used such a station.