Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1917 — Largest Coal Storage Pit. [ARTICLE]

Largest Coal Storage Pit.

A huge pit. 150 by 800 feet, in plan and 25 feet 6 inches deep, with side slopes, will provide the Duquesne Light company of Pittsburgh with safe storage space of a 100,000-ton pile of coal, says the Engineering Record. The danger of spontaneous combustion will be prevented by submerging the coal in water up to the top of the pit, which is located near the company’s main generating plant on Brunots’ Island.