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The shaft is 120 feet high, 5 feet internal diameter, lined throughout with fire-bricks with
a 12-in,air space between the inner and outer shells, erected at a cost of £1,000
The cost of the works was not obtained, but the cost of burning, including the
repayments of capital and interest thereon, amounts to 1s. ton of refuse burnt.
The steam jet below the fire bars made a very great noise, but in the four recently
??? cells it is ??? at rear of the cell, the noise thereby being somewhat reduced.
LEEDS.

In all the Destructors the general features of both Fryer's and Horsfall's furnaces have
been retained with improvement by the Borough Engineer, some of the older furances being
constructed by Fryer; the grate area of the differant furnaces varying from 25 to 35 square
feet. The Material to be burnt is introduced at the back and the uotlets of the producets of
??? are near the front. Both movable and fixed bars are used, the Superintendent
preferring the letter and he is of opinion that the larger the cells the better The average
??? of refuse burnt per day amounts to 4½ tons, the residue amounting to 36 per cent, which
is partly ground with lime to form mortar, the remainder taken to tip. Steam jets are used
??? all the Destructors the the same objection as regard the noise as was experienced at
???. The waste heat is utilised for generating steam by means of multitubular boilers,
except at the Meanwood Road Destructors which commenced working on the lst January. 1896,
and which has two ??? & Wilcox boilers. The steam is used for driving engines to work
the mortar pass and for the jets.
The shafts very in beight from 120 fact to 240 feet, the cost of the latter one, which is at
??? Road, being £2250, the works being in a deep valley. with a ??? ground upon