Heat Consumed, Heat Wasted: Pipe Politics and the Migration of the Hearth in New York City, 1877–1882

IF 0.1 0 ARCHITECTURE Thresholds Pub Date : 2023-05-01 DOI:10.1162/thld_a_00783
Jia-Rui Weng
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In 1932, on the fiftieth anniversary of New York steam service’s inauguration, New York Steam Corporation (NYSC) published a drawing to illustrate how steam was generated, distributed, and utilized in the city. On the spread reproduced in Figure 1, a boiler station stands against a generic apartment building. A blownup sectional perspective of the steam main connects these two buildings. Rather than lying underground as a bare pipe, the steam main is placed in a conduit constructed out of hollow tiles, mineral wool, and asbestos. At the apartment building, the pipes snaked beneath the floor and inside the wall, entering each room as private fixtures: radiators, gate valves, meters, and dispensers. Despite each room’s apparent independence, the steam pipes reveal an inadvertent collectivity. They not only connect the faceless tenants but also indicate a broader landscape of supply and service that go far beyond the apartment building’s enclosure.
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消耗的热量,浪费的热量:管道政治与纽约市心脏的迁移,1877–1882
1932年,在纽约蒸汽服务公司成立50周年之际,纽约蒸汽公司(NYSC)出版了一幅图纸,展示了蒸汽是如何在城市中产生、分布和利用的。在图1中复制的展开图中,一个锅炉站紧靠着一栋普通的公寓楼。蒸汽总管的放大剖面图将这两座建筑连接起来。蒸汽干管不是裸管敷设在地下,而是放置在由空心瓷砖、矿棉和石棉制成的管道中。在公寓楼里,管道蜿蜒在地板下和墙内,作为私人固定装置进入每个房间:散热器、闸阀、仪表和分配器。尽管每个房间表面上都是独立的,但蒸汽管道却透露出一种无意的集体感。它们不仅将不知名的租户联系在一起,还表明了供应和服务的更广阔前景,远远超出了公寓楼的围墙。
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