STEAM-HEATED TOWNS
Steam-heated towns, •; where houses and' shops- are vWmrted W the 1 mfefo turning nl' a tap, as" we now turn on gas and water,, promise to ho one of thegreat developments'of i lie future. New as the idea may be ih'Enfcland, it is an old story of Wilke'sBarrc, a populous industrial c'onitro'in Pennsylvania. 'Wilkes-Barre has" hifd a large part ofnts area-steam-heated for over a quarter of a century. Tt i« stated that at. the present time about 250 buildings draw their heat from, a common ■source. The customers 7n steam are charged for their snnnlies iii one of two, .ways. •" Tt -is-possible to pnv according to the cubic feet warmed or by tho more ingenious record of steam condensed. The pipes ait' laid 6ft below the street level, and the steam is supplied at tli'o low nressnre of 51b per square inch, which safeguards consumers from the risk of bursting pipes.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 27 January 1913, Page 4
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153STEAM-HEATED TOWNS Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 27 January 1913, Page 4
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