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.