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[The White House (Executive Mansion") D.C. Basement plan heating and furnace flues]" – Vintage Print

[The White House (Executive Mansion") D.C. Basement plan heating and furnace flues]", ADE - UNIT 2594, no. 1 (D size) [P&P]Check for an online group record (may link to related items) — historic drawing
[The White House (Executive Mansion") D.C. Basement plan heating and furnace flues]", ADE - UNIT 2594, no. 1 (D size) [P&P]Check for an online group record (may link to related items). Historic drawing from the White House collection.

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Few parts of the White House are as hidden from view as its basement, and this drawing maps the furnace flues and heating runs that kept the building warm beneath the public rooms. It belongs to the Library of Congress's architecture, design and engineering collection, where plans like this show how the mansion's mechanical systems were arranged below ground. Early presidents heated the house with open hearths and stoves, and its heating was reworked several times through the 19th and 20th centuries as central systems replaced individual fireplaces. Drawings like this one help researchers trace how the residence was adapted for modern use while its exterior stayed largely unchanged.

Created / publishedADE - UNIT 2594, no. 1 (D size) [P&P]Check for an online group record (may link to related items)
Medium2002716746
Genreand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
NotesFor information see Architecture
SubjectsDesign
Original scan1,536 × 993 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-143567

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