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SCOUT· 25%57m·2020-12-11·History#347 Steam Heat! A Gilded Age Miracle
The Bowery Boys: New York City History
It's HOT in the city even during the coldest winter months, thanks to the most elemental of resources -- steam heat. This is the story of the innovative heating plan first introduced on a grand scale here in New York City in the 1880s, a plan which today heats many of Manhattan's most famous -- and tallest --…
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