NYC's massive steam network vaporizes two Olympic pools of water per hour

Since 1882, Manhattan has been pumping hot steam through a 105-mile network of underground pipes to heat buildings.
According to Jamie Rumbelow writing in Works in Progress:

Steam functions like any other utility: produced centrally, metered, and delivered into homes and businesses through a 105-mile-long grid of pipework.

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