the Chimney. The steam thereby generated may be used for grounding mortar...
used breaking stones disinfecting clothes or for other purposes.
These Destructors have been adopted
by Leeds, Bradford, Blackburn, Bolton, Hull, Rotherham, Derby, Salford; and other towns. More than one
of these places after trying them in a small way
or to a limited extent have put up more to extend their use, and the Hon.
Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London having a group of 10 cells put up together with boiler, engine, mortar-mills etc.
Twelve cells in all would probably be sufficient to deal with the whole 83 tons daily refuse of Hongkong.
I would venture to suggest that a Destructor Yard be placed on this basis. The furnaces could be conveniently arranged in
two groups of six each, and if preferred one group might be put up first, leaving space for the other and allowing for it in the size of chimney, or each group might have
its own chimney. It would be well
to have a boiler and utilize the steam
for disinfecting and other purposes.
The body of a group of furnaces consists of brick work strongly stayed
with brickwork and bound together with iron. It has also iron furnace doors and frames,
wrought iron fire bars and fire bar bearers
and other subsidiary iron work. For
its