Title	Heating Plant
Subject	Penn College William Penn College William Penn Univeristy
Description	The Heating Plant was constructed in 1916-1917. The smokestack was originally 146 feet high. This great height was necessary to create the tremendous draft required to pull air through the original three boilers, which had no blowers. Stylistically, the building is influenced by the Prairie School of architecture. Notable features include the extensive use of ribbon windows punctuated by brick pilasters, the low pitched roof, and the use of stone trim work in geometric designs. The building’s industrial style metal windows remain in place. This building provided heat to Penn Hall, Lewis Hall and Spencer Chapel.
Publisher	William Penn University; Wilcox Library Digital Archives
Date Digital	2011-08-04
Date Original	1917
Type	image
Format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Campus
Source	Scrap Book 1916-1917
Rights	www.wmepnn.edu/library/about.html

Heating Plant

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