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Location DB > United States > West Virginia > Moundsville > Fostoria Glass Plant > Utopia > IMG_3137.JPG

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A glimpse across the rooftops. Does anyone know precisely why the roofs have those odd shapes? The old glass factory in my hometown had them too.
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Posted by seicer 4/24/2005 8:00 PM | remove
  Now that I remember it, Armco Steel in Russell/Ashland had these on their old hotstrip. You were right about the vents.
Posted by gtbikes51 6/26/2005 4:28 PM | remove
  Alot of the steel mills in Ontario have that as well. When ever I've asked somebody about why its like that nobody can give me an answer.
Posted by Turd Furgusen 6/27/2005 5:30 AM | remove
  I'd imagine that they are either for some sort of venting system or a cover for a gantry for some sort of interior crane system. I was inside of Libby-Owens in Charleston but the inside was completely stripped.
Posted by Oherian 6/27/2005 11:34 AM | remove
  As far as Seicer and I can tell, these are vents. The crane idea is a good one, but there weren't any cranes under there, or mounts/tracks for them either.
Posted by Darkwolf 1/7/2006 8:29 PM | remove
  They are designed in induce drafts depending on the wind direction. Air can enter or exit depending on wind direction.
Posted by camarochic007 7/24/2006 7:09 PM | remove
  Cooling vents.
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