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last edited by BillSeitz on Nov 13, 2008 1:24 am

We had a big steam-pipe (Infra Structure) explosion the other day which freaked out some people and killed one (of heart attack). So we were wondering, why is steam distributed through the city? Who uses it? So, found out

steam provides 7% of ConEd revenue
it's generated by 5 different plants around Manhattan, and 1 each in Queens and Brooklyn
it gets used for heating (duh), hot water, and air conditioning
- the Empire State Building, [Metropolitan Museum], and UN all use that steam
it also gets used by hospitals (for cleaning/sterilizing - ConEd steam actually meets FDA standards, whatever that means) and dry cleaners

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