Coal-dump′ing Appa-ra′tus.
For loading vessels from the car. On top of the rail a which forms part of the staith, the laden carriage descends from the higher level, and when it attains the point a the whole frame b with the carriage is lowered down by the chain passing over the pulley at d, to the center of the deck of the vessel, and the coals deposited in the hold at c.| Coal-cutting machine. |

