Half Of Woonsocket City Hall Without Heat This Week
Sections of building's 24-year-old boiler failed Tuesday; repair to cost $16,000
City Hall's boiler failed Tuesday, compromising half the building's heat just as some of the coldest weather of the year set in. Reparing the massive, 16-section piece of equipment in City Hall's sub-basement is going to require a crane to move in four 600-lb replacement sections so Arden Engineering of Pawtucket can attach them to the serpentine boiler, said Public Works Director Sheila McGauvran. It'll also cost $16,000, a new expense for the city to pick up. "We were not expecting that," McGauvran said. The boiler, which was installed in 1988, started leaking in four of its 16 snaking sections on Tuesday, she said. When workers attempted to fix the leaks, they found the steel of the leaking sections was rotted away. "It was falling …
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12:49 pm on Friday, January 25, 2013
...unless I'm missing something, which is possible - Woon is spending $16k on a short term fix when it knows it will have to be replaced in the 'foreseeable future' to the tune of $65k? Hmm... more ›