Steamy Vancouver
Bet you didn’t know that more then 100 buildings in the downtown Vancouver core, including the central library, BC Place, GM Place and many of Vancouver’s major hotels are heated via a 10.5 km network of high pressure steam pipes flowing away from the Central Heat Distribution Ltd. boiler plant.
The famous steam clock in Gastown though is a bit of misnomer, although built in 1977 to 1875 specs, steam and gravity -driven operation proved unreliable for the Gastown landmark.
Electricity now controls the timed steam explostions every 15 minutes.
photo credit - flickr.com
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