Gasholder House
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Photo taken in Prospect Park, Troy, NY 12180, USA
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- Uploaded on August 30, 2008
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- Camera: Canon PowerShot A530
- Taken on 2008/08/22 10:38:37
- Exposure: 0.003s (1/400)
- Focal Length: 18.35mm
- F/Stop: f/5.000
- Exposure Bias: 0.00 EV
- No flash
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AHxJB, on January 25, 2011, said:
The design of this structure offered a novel solution to the danger of placing a gas house in the middle of a City: It was engineered such that the mass of the thick masonry walls would direct an accidental explosion upwards through the comparatively light-weight construction of the steel frame and copper clad roof, thus theoretically sparing the surrounding neighborhood.
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