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The Heating Plant ins. ,,.w, IRECTLY east of the Library and situated in a central position in relation to the other buildings, is the heating plant. It is a low 'ff 'RE KI' brick building sixty feet in length and thirty feet in width. At the east end of XL. ? the building is the stack-self-supporting, and ninety feet in height. The entrance is at the west end and opens directly into the dynamo-room. From the southeast corner of this room a flight of steps de- scends into the boiler-room, which is twelve feet below the surface. By this arrangement the tops of the coal-bins are on a level with the surface, while their Hoors are on a level with the floor of the boiler-room, making both the unloading and disposition of the coal convenient and labor-saving. As far up as the surface the walls of the boiler-room are cement. In the east end are two large one-hundred-horse- power boilers, which are of the horizontal tubular type, seven- teen and one-fourth feet in length, sixty-six inches in diameter, and constructed of steel three-eighths inch in thickness. They have the usual setting of cement and brick, and are four feet above the grates, thus causing the bulk of the smoke to be consumed. The Van Auken system of heating is used in the Dormi- tory and Gymnasium, and the XVebster system is used in the Main Building and Library. The pressure on the heating line is kept below two pounds by a regulating valve, and to avoid the possibility of excessive pressure, an exhaust valve is also attached to the low pressure line. As the steam passes through the radiators it is condensed, and then, by means of a Burn- ham vacuum pump, it is forced back into a receiving tank. This pump is situated in the west end of the boiler-room, and above it is the receiving tank, which has a capacity of one hundred and fifty gallons. By the side of the vacuum pump is a. small boiler-feeding pump, which forces the water again into the boilers, and as the water having completed its circuit is still hot, and as only about one-half a barrel is lost per week from exhaust, the heating is conducted upon an economical basis. FRED SMITH, '12.
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