GLASS SAVES STEEL
NOVEL USE IN WAR FACTORY
CANTEENS
Britain is using glass to save steel
It is translucent, toughened glass which can now take the place of steel as the top plate of hot cabinets in cafes and restauranst, safely standing up to temperatures of 120 to 150 degrees.
In these days when canteens and cafeterias arc provided in all factories over a certain size the quantity of steel which can be saved is .therefore considerable.
By admitting light to the cabinet, toughened glass lessens the work of the canteen staff in cleaning it and in serving the food. The glass takes a slightly longer time than steel to warm up but it holds the heat better, thus substantially reducing heating costs particularly in canteens with lengths of hot cabinets or a battery of steamers.
And of course the glass costs less than the valuable steel which it releases for the war.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 29, 16 March 1942, Page 8
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153GLASS SAVES STEEL Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 29, 16 March 1942, Page 8
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