The Pictorial handbook of London : comprising its antiquities, architecture, arts, manufacture, trade, social, literary, and scientific institutions, exhibitions, and galleries of art : together with some account of the principal suburbs and most attractive localities ; illustrated with two hundred and five engravings on wood, by Branston, Jewitt, and others and a new and complete map, engraved by Lowry . e 3± ft. deep at one end, gradually increasing to the depth of 5 ft. at the and 1 are the washing tub and boiling tub, for the women washing, and are supplied with cold and hot water,
The Pictorial handbook of London : comprising its antiquities, architecture, arts, manufacture, trade, social, literary, and scientific institutions, exhibitions, and galleries of art : together with some account of the principal suburbs and most attractive localities ; illustrated with two hundred and five engravings on wood, by Branston, Jewitt, and others and a new and complete map, engraved by Lowry . e 3± ft. deep at one end, gradually increasing to the depth of 5 ft. at the and 1 are the washing tub and boiling tub, for the women washing, and are supplied with cold and hot water, and The ironing The drying chamber, heated by flues; the temperature of which, when in full work, will be maintained at above 200°.N. The situation of the wringing machines, by the use of which the wet linen is deprived, by a small expenditure of time and labour, of above half its water before being put into the drying chamber. 6 and No. 6*. The section of the building through the washing department, the letters on which correspond with those on the ground plan, and thereforerequire no further notice ; but we may call attention to the very ingeniousconstruction of the wrought-iron roof, covered with glass and slate. Its light-ness and simplicity, the elements of cheapness, fit it especially for a buildingof this kind. 7 and No. 7 *. Section through the bath room. 26*0 No. 6.
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