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Awesome old coal boiler in NYC

Sailah
Sailah Member Posts: 826
edited July 2016 in Strictly Steam
Was down in the city yesterday assisting with a large project.

Came across this beauty, just in awe of its size. Building is now on district steam. They had the original glass block sidewalk on Broadway visible from below. Pretty cool walking beneath the city in city-owned buildings

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Peter Owens
SteamIQ
SWEINew England SteamWorks4JohnpipeTinman

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  • SWEI
    SWEI Member Posts: 7,356
    That really is quite the beast.
  • Sailah
    Sailah Member Posts: 826
    all the doors worked perfectly, paint still looked good. Couple suspect tubes I think...
    Peter Owens
    SteamIQ
  • Fred
    Fred Member Posts: 8,542
    What a beauty!
  • BobC
    BobC Member Posts: 5,495
    I went to a technical high school in Boston and I can remember they had an enormous old steam boiler in the basement that had been coal fired at one time to feed that 5 story building. Sadly it got converted to a high end hotel a couple of decades ago.

    Bob
    Smith G8-3 with EZ Gas @ 90,000 BTU, Single pipe steam
    Vaporstat with a 12oz cut-out and 4oz cut-in
    3PSI gauge
  • jumper
    jumper Member Posts: 2,384
    When did modern compact steel boilers come along?
  • ColinFarquhar
    ColinFarquhar Member Posts: 16
    Neat old water tube boiler! Thanks for sharing :)
  • gerry gill
    gerry gill Member Posts: 3,078
    nice!
    gwgillplumbingandheating.com
    Serving Cleveland's eastern suburbs from Cleveland Heights down to Cuyahoga Falls.

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