Over the weekend, Joel Raskin (whose photos are frequently featured on The Lo-Down) captured some great images of the big boiler installation at the East River Cooperative on Grand Street. East River, along with the Hillman and Amalgamated Co-ops, is in the midst of a major conversion to cleaner burning fuels. The boiler will provide both heat and hot water to about 2700 apartments of the three housing developments. Click through to see the installation in progress yesterday.
Workers placed counterweights on the platform carrying the boiler…
They raised the cables, needed to lift the boiler, off the ground in preparation for the big job…
The boiler is moved into position, to the entrance of the boiler plant…
If you would like to read more details about the decision by the cooperatives to switch to a new heating system, there’s a lot more info on East River’s web page.
