Pete wrote: > > A lot of homes were converted to oil or gas from coal after WW 1. > The big conversion came after WW2. IIRC, the first pipeline, the Big Inch, was built for oil during WW2. I am not sure when the first NG pipeline as built to the Northeast. Before then the only gas was manufactured gas and it was much too expensive for home heating. > I believe > the standard oil tank for home heating was 275 gallons if in the basement of > 550 gallons if buried. The storage tank would not be needed in the shack on > the bridge. > The above could have been the case. The oil feed line would have had to be disconnected each time the bridge opened. The bridge tender would connect the line to the supply tank whenever the day tank ran low. bob gillis ------------------------------
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