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The Cloud Factory (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

USA / Pennsylvania / Bloomfield / Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Nickname for the Bellefield Boiler Plant, a steam-generation plant that provides heat for the Carnegie Museum, Carnegie Library, and other nearby facilities. Referred to in Michael Chabon's "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh."

The facility burned coal until July 2009 and loaded coal cars were delivered via a siding track from the adjacent CSX railroad line.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_Factory
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Coordinates:   40°26'31"N   79°56'56"W

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  • CrippledVulture
    I believe it provides heat for the Carnegie Library.
  • realw (guest)
    This is the Bellefield Boiler plant. It produces heat for Carnegie Library, Carnegie Museums of Pittburgh, and other Oakland institutions
  • G (guest)
    and the Cathedral of Learning, and UPMC, and most of Oakland
  • IncognitoCoup
    Wow really? Thats a pretty substantial operation just to heat a few buildings. How does it get the heat to most of Oakland?
  • E (guest)
    >How does it get the heat to most of Oakland? Steam pipes
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