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  • Waste of good firebrick

    From Philadelphia, near the 30th St. station:

    My geodesic oven project: part 1, part 2

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    Re: Waste of good firebrick

    What did they make there David - looks like another chip in American industry.

    Les...
    Check out my pictures here:
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      Re: Waste of good firebrick

      would love to see that in person !!!!

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        Re: Waste of good firebrick

        What did they make there David - looks like another chip in American industry.
        This was an electrical generation and steam plant built by the Pennsylvania Railroad to support their massive new station complex with electricity, and sell the excess heat to nearby office buildings. It was never fully utilized, and has been idled for forty years: Burning massive amounts of coal in the center city was never a good idea.
        My geodesic oven project: part 1, part 2

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