Dead Men Tales: Hydronic Heating for Health in 1911

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Hydronic Heating for Health in 1911

The East River Homes were built by the Vanderbilts as a model tenement for tuberculosis patients in 1911. The engineers chose hydronic heating for sanitary reasons, perhaps making this NYC’s first large-scale hot-water heating system. In this episode, Dan Holohan recounts memories of how he later grew up in this housing development and why its heating system was unique for the time.

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Labenaqui

And thus we typically have hydronic heating systems in hospitals.
The HVAC Systems in Med Offices & Clinics have always concerned me. How can we effectively scrub out a 25 micron Flu Molecule as current in the airflow?

jumper

Circulators in 1911? Even in Toronto, home of HHW, big buildings were steam heated.