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Within the Yard, however, water for all buildings comes from a central supply which is heated in and distributed from the Weld operating station. At all times, both in the Yard and outside, the steam remains within a closed network of pipes; but in the process of giving up heat much of it condenses to distilled water. This condensate is collected and pumped (through a small pipe on the floor of the Tunnel) back to the Western Avenue power plant where it is again converted to superheated vapor...

Author: By Andrew T. Weil, | Title: Travels Through The Harvard Labyrinth | 5/5/1964 | See Source »

...Holyoke Center, we asked our guide whether it was usual to connect all new buildings to the Tunnel. He replied that the Tunnel is only extended when new buildings are close by. "Otherwise, the expense is prohibitive, and we just join the pipes through a trench." (A trench is a sort of small trough, big enough for pipes and cables but much too small for people.) Since the Tunnel comes down to Lowell House under Linden Street, Holyoke Center is not too far off the track, and a connection big enough for people was feasible. Instead of constructing a full...

Author: By Andrew T. Weil, | Title: Travels Through The Harvard Labyrinth | 5/5/1964 | See Source »

...thanked Mr. McFarlane for the demonstrations and with our guide walked out of the control room, down some steps into the five-foot pipe leading to the Tunnel. The inside turned out to look just as one would expect the inside of a concrete pipe to look; it was cheerfully lit and almost pleasant, however, except that the low "ceiling" made it necessary to walk with a slight stoop. We recognized the usual Tunnel fixtures: steam pipes, electric conduit, telephone cables. The pipe made a number of turns so that we could not be sure of our route...

Author: By Andrew T. Weil, | Title: Travels Through The Harvard Labyrinth | 5/5/1964 | See Source »

Quite a Lot of Gas. At one time, the public did not need to be wooed. The materials that went into a house were dictated mostly by what was most readily available, whether it was lumber, brick or stone; without question, the plumbing was galvanized pipe, the floors wood, the foundation concrete. But the technological advances of recent years have produced such an array of new building materials that both home buyer and home builder are often confused in making a choice. "There is more competition in the building industry than ever before," says Earl W. Hadland, merchandising manager...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Building: Fight for the Home | 5/1/1964 | See Source »

...Hodgepodge. The confrontations among other materials are just as sharp and furious. Long-lasting and easy-to-install copper tubing had just won a victory over galvanized pipe for plumbing when along came cheaper plastic piping. Steel has joined battle with wood over the load-bearing structural parts of the home. Wood and aluminum are wrestling for the right to be in window frames; steel and aluminum are fighting over outside door frames and sills. Gypsum board for interior walls has proved cheaper and faster to install than wet plaster, but it now has challengers in plywood finished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Building: Fight for the Home | 5/1/1964 | See Source »

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