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By the 1800s, most new fireplaces were made up of two parts, the surround and the insert. The surround consisted of the mantelpiece and side supports, usually in wood, marble or granite. The insert was where the fire burned, and was constructed of cast iron often backed with decorative tiles.
Grain elevators are buildings or complexes of buildings for storage and shipment of grain. They were invented in 1842 in Buffalo, New York, by Joseph Dart, who first developed a steam-powered mechanism, called a marine leg, for scooping grain out of the hulls of ships directly into storage silos. [87] 1843 Ice cream maker (hand-cranked)
Commemoration of the first U.S. street gas light, at the intersection of North Holliday Street and East Baltimore Street in Baltimore A gaslit outdoor fountain at Grand Army Plaza (Brooklyn, New York, 1873–1897) Church interior with gas torchieres (Reading, Berkshire, c. 1875) A lamplighter igniting a gas streetlight in Sweden, 1953
That year, only 384 of New York City's 5,660 street lamps were gaslights. [1] Chicago turned on its first hundred-odd gaslights on September 4, 1850. [6] Gas light was up to ten times brighter than light from oil lamps, [1] but by present-day standards, the lights appeared "distinctly yellow and not very bright". [6]
Drawing the retorts at the Great Gas Establishment Brick Lane, from The Monthly Magazine (1821). The history of gaseous fuel, important for lighting, heating, and cooking purposes throughout most of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, began with the development of analytical and pneumatic chemistry in the 18th century.
c. 1885 Incandescent gas mantle invented, revolutionises gas lighting. 1886 Great Barrington, Massachusetts demonstration project, a much more versatile (long-distance transmission) transformer based alternating current based indoor incandescent lighting system introduced by William Stanley, Jr. working for George Westinghouse. [7]
The gasholder house was one part of the complex comprising Troy Gas Light's physical plant. The main elements of the production facilities were two blocks north of the gasholder house, in a block bounded by Liberty Street, Fifth Avenue, and Washington Street, bounded by the tracks of the New York Central, the former site of the Little Italy Farmers Market.
At the time, gas central heating had yet to be developed, so people relied on burning coal or wood as their main source of heating. [8] [9]Parker felt that the fireplace was not enough to keep her and her home warm during the cold New Jersey winter, and designed the first gas furnace that was powered by natural gas and the first heating system to contain individually controlled air ducts that ...