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The smoke from the small boiler T, and from the 

 stewpans U and W, goes off immediately by separate 

 horizontal canals into their separate vertical canals (t, u, 

 and w) that open into the chimney, at the height of 

 about 15 inches above the mantel of the open chimney 

 fire-place ; and all the vertical canals, by which the smoke 

 goes into the chimney, are furnished with dampers. 



The side b c of the mass of brick-work is placed against 

 the middle of one side of the kitchen, which is a large 

 room ; and the walls of the open chimney fire-place 

 g h i k are carried up perpendicularly to the ceiling of 

 the room. The hearth / m n o is on a level with the 

 top of the brick-work in which the boilers are set. 



As the principal boilers are deep, in order to provide 

 sufficient room for them and a sufficient depth for their 

 ash-pits, the foundation of the quadrangular mass of 

 brick- work abed was raised 1 6 inches above the pave- 

 ment of the kitchen ; and on the three sides of the mass 

 of brick-work a b, a d, and d c, which project into the 

 room, there are two steps, 8 inches in height each, which 

 extend the whole length of each of those sides ; and 

 for greater convenience in approaching the boilers the 

 uppermost step is made 2 feet wide, and the area y is 

 on a level with the top of this wide step. The ash-pit 

 doors of the principal boilers are placed in the front of 

 this step, and the bottoms of the passages or door-ways 

 into their fire-places, by which the fuel is introduced, are 

 situated just on a level with its upper surface. 



The mass of brick-work in which the boilers are placed 

 is 10 feet 9 inches long, and 8 feet 2 inches wide; and 

 it is elevated to the height of about 3 feet 2 inches above 

 the top of the upper broad step, by which it is surrounded 

 on three sides, and on which it appears to stand. 



