Lex Anteinternet: Conversion of the Shoreham Hotel's furnace from oil, to coal. 1942

Saturday, January 11, 2014

Conversion of the Shoreham Hotel's furnace from oil, to coal. 1942

This interesting set of photographs purports to depict the conversion of Washington D. C.'s Shoreham Hotel's furnace from oil to coal in September, 1942.

I knew furnaces were converted from coal to oil, but I've never heard of oil to coal. I didn't even realize that possible. A byproduct of World War Two shortages?

1 comment:

Pat, Marcus & Alexis said...: For some reason, this post, which was made in January, has rocketed into popularity ten months later. It must be getting picked up by a list of some sort, but what is it?

If you are stopping by here for the first time, lured in by this thread, let us know why its suddenly become popular.; Monday, October 27, 2014 at 4:10:00 PM MDT

Lex Anteinternet?

This blog has been around since 2009. In the very first post, we asked the question: "What the heck is this blog about?"

Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

All of this is still true, but the focus of the blog has changed somewhat. It now focuses on the era from 1890 to 1920 in general, rather than on the law and lawyers specifically, although that may be far from obvious. It's also become the location where we comment on anything we feel moved to comment on.

We hope you'll feel moved to comment as well. While we moderate every comment, so as to weed out Spam, we greatly appreciate the comments where they are offered, and hope to see more.

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