📚 noun • entry_id 50265
slag heap
Meanings (ES + gloss)
pila de desechos
A man-made mound or heap formed with the waste material (slag) as a by-product of coal mining. Can also refer to the waste by-product from a foundry or furnace, formed into such a mound.
As the Lothian Plain is reached, collieries and slag heaps begin to appear, although much of the surrounding country remains unspoiled.
The Borinage coalfield around Mons is another attractive area for the railway enthusiast; it is rather like South Lancashire, with its gently undulating landscape studded with slag…
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