Yes, my grandparents had a potbelly stove that they used for heat. A coal tripple was about a quarter of a mile from our house and we could walk down the railroad tracks and collect a bucket full.
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Worked at a coal mine. The dust can be very flammable.
Yep. When I was young, we had a stove in my house for heat that burnt coal or wood. We mostly burnt coal in it.
Yes. Used to build and install coal boilers for hot water heating systems.
Yes, I have coal furnace + boiler as a central heating installation.
Yes. Grew up in a house without central heating. Learned to build up and maintain fire in an oven as a kid.