Originally Posted by
MHall
Thanks for the replies! So, did anyone ever actually get to tour the original WTC Plant??
When I worked at Honeywell we studied the engineering/fire/security systems for the building via a film made for this purpose. That film, if still around, would be a good thing to have.
I remember one engineer taking about the necessity of having machine rooms on ever 5thor so floor just so the water pressure could be maintained in a safe manner. He described the reason why in that if a water fountain were connected to the same supply line which rose all 105 strories or so that the water pressure at the bottom of that same column line would be so high it would take off someones head if they bent over to take a drink.
And that is why, according to the film, that many machine rooms had to be built. He also described the common problem of flushing a comode on the top floor and letting it free fall to the basement.............
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