Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 201
lers, each of 100 horse-power. The fur-naces are fed with oil, once refined, and furnishheat for all the buildings as well as power for theengines, elevators, electric lights, etc. The oil isbrought into the basement in pipes, and as onelooks into the mouth of the furnace it is seenshooting out in… … BOYS AT WORK IN THE FORGE ROOM. struction. But so carefully is each days supplyof oil inspected that no possible danger attachesto this method of heating. In one week fivethousand gallons of oil were used. From the first floor of the main building, theelevator takes us on a flying trip up to the…
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