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Boilers for heating and ventilating – Antique Print

Boilers for heating and ventilating, [between ca. 1852 and ca. 1860] — historic photograph
Boilers for heating and ventilating, [between ca. 1852 and ca. 1860]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: Boilers for heating and ventilating, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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A catalog-style view of boilers built for heating and ventilating places this picture in the years when American builders were turning to central heat in large buildings. Before the 1860s, most homes and many public buildings relied on wood or coal stoves and open fireplaces, so a boiler set up to distribute steam or hot water through pipes and ducts marked a newer approach.

Created / published[between ca. 1852 and ca. 1860]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 873 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-160192

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