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nobody
     
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|  | | | Does anyone here recognise this piece of iron ? I think it is perhaps a coal heating pit formerly used to heat this building. N.
 
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Jonsered
 
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| |  |  | Re: Coal Heating ?
<Reply # 1 on 1/25/2006 6:58 PM >
| | | | You could be right. It looks very much like an adobe basement heater I saw in Korea.
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nobody
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VANCOUVER B.C.
Gender: Male
5:55 is a state of mind
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<Reply # 2 on 1/25/2006 7:06 PM >
| | | | Is that right? Interesting, this one of course has been long forgotten and resides in the basement of a 120 year old building. N.
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phor_d
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McGregor, TX and NE
Gender: Male
| |  | | Re: Coal Heating ?
<Reply # 3 on 1/25/2006 7:58 PM >
| | | | I'd sure say it is. Another thing to check is if there's a coal-chute on the outside of the house that would lead into that room. It's probably a metal door about 20cm(8") square or possibly bigger. Probably says coal something on it too. If the outside has been redone it could be gone though. Either way, it looks a lot like a coal room to me.
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Dokk
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Lewisville, Texas
Gender: Male
| |  | Re: Coal Heating ?
<Reply # 4 on 1/25/2006 9:13 PM >
| | | | I don't think so but I may be wrong. Coal was used to fire a boiler which provided steam to radiators in other parts of the building/house. Using coal in an open top burner wouldn't be too smart due to carbon monoxide which would poison everyone. This may be the bottom half or a piece of a coal boiler though.
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nobody
location:
VANCOUVER B.C.
Gender: Male
5:55 is a state of mind
| | Re: Coal Heating ?
<Reply # 5 on 1/25/2006 9:25 PM >
| | | | This is a picture of the building, I believe it was originally a train station. I will return soon to this place to check something else and I will look for a chute.
This building looks pretty original, especially in it's bowels, although it looks as though they added a wing on either side of the main structure. N.
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nobody
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VANCOUVER B.C.
Gender: Male
5:55 is a state of mind
| | Re: Coal Heating ?
<Reply # 6 on 1/25/2006 9:27 PM >
| | | | Posted by Dokk
I don't think so but I may be wrong. Coal was used to fire a boiler which provided steam to radiators in other parts of the building/house. Using coal in an open top burner wouldn't be too smart due to carbon monoxide which would poison everyone. This may be the bottom half or a piece of a coal boiler though.
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Yes it may have been partially dismantled at one time, it is a curious thing though to see all of these ashes from another time piled up there . N.
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nobody
location:
VANCOUVER B.C.
Gender: Male
5:55 is a state of mind
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<Reply # 7 on 4/19/2006 6:38 PM >
| | | | I'm just bringing this one back so someone can have a look at it. N.
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Mowgli-dog
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Vancouver, B.C.
Gender: Male
| |  | Re: Coal Heating ?
<Reply # 8 on 4/19/2006 7:57 PM >
| | | | Everyone's been talking about train tunnels from that building lately. Looks like you've been in there, what is the definitive answer? My guess is there are no tunnels.
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nobody
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VANCOUVER B.C.
Gender: Male
5:55 is a state of mind
| | Re: Coal Heating ?
<Reply # 9 on 4/19/2006 9:13 PM >
| | | | I know, it has been a point of interest for a lot of people for a long time. A few weeks ago I was talking to the archivist for the City of New West, she gets regular phonecalls from citizens inquiring about the tunnels.
Usually after a night out at the Keg. It really is an awesome little building, with some really cool artifacts used for part of the decor. N.
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