boiler room
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He’d return with images of abandoned stairwells, dilapidated neon signage, Art Deco theater facades, boiler room control valves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Krauze joined what was then called the Vladimir Lenin shipyard in 1983, first in a coal-fired boiler room and later operating a crane.
From Barron's ● Mar. 7, 2026
Just behind the hot room is a boiler room.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2025
Mick worked in a factory boiler room in the 1970s, where he was exposed to asbestos.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 15, 2024
Eventually black workers moved up to the boiler room, where they shoveled coal into a blazing furnace.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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