HEATING ST. PAUL'S.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 772, 22 March 1910, Page 5

HEATING ST. PAUL'S.

For some months workmen have been quietly engaged in replacing the old heating apparatus of St. Paul's Cathedral by. a modern low-pressure steam system, by means of which it is hoped to. warm the great structure thoroughly,' and finally remove any danger of For many years the old building has been.heated by coke.furnaces, eight on each side, the hot air from which has risen through gratings. When supplemented by heat from burning gas jets' these furnaces were sufficient to warm the- cathedral, but since electricity has been installed , the need of a modern system has been felt. In some respects the new heating arrangements are an experiment. Never before has; an attempt been made to heat such a large building by steam radiators, and it is not yet known how many radiators will he required. Already a number of cleverly concealed radiators have been placed in position, but it will be some time before a trjal is made. As a further precaution against fire the , furnaces which. produce the steam are placed outside the line of the main walls of the cathedral, and the smoke is conducted away by specially constructed outside flues.