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Horizontal retort furnace
Category Industrial facilities
Subcategory Furnace hall
Year of manufacture/creation the 1970s
Manufacturer/author Gazobudowa Wrocław
Place of manufacture/creation Wrocław, Poland
Size
Height: 760 cm
Width: 465 cm
Length: 420 cm
Material chamotte brick, silica brick, cast iron, steel, red brick
Museum/Storage location Gasworks Museum in Paczków
Date of admission to the museum 1991
Rights to the exhibit Gasworks Museum in Paczków
Rights to digital images public domain
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Exhibit description
The furnace is, therefore, the “heart” of the gasworks and the starting point for the gas travelling through the “bloodstream” of the gas network. The furnace consists of a retort – where the coal was loaded into and then heated, the generator – where the combustion of coke took place, and a receiver that sucked the gas from the retort.
