scoop driver

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   One who operates the scoop that stokes a coal-based generator.

   • The chief stoker who holds the handle and manipulates the scoop is known as the scoop-driver.
   • When the scoop is opposite the mouth of the retort, the scoop-driver drives the machine, and the impetus obtained by the 5 ft. tribution of coal in the retort, which is obtained with a scoop as compared with charging by shovel.
2. 2

   One who operates an automated mining scoop.

   • After expressing a desire to be a scoop driver, Mr. Collins trained him for this job and Mr. Amburgey began operating the scoop " a couple of weeks " after the opening of the Number 9 mine.
   • "Got to go, boys," he said, interrupting an impassioned sermon by the scoop driver about the lineage of the University of Louisville's quarterback.

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