boiler room

Example Sentences

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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

The team inside the boiler room includes local workers and Naomi Pearmine, a Marine Engineer.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

The pool’s mechanical room looks like the boiler room of an ocean liner — with giant tanks that purify pool water and another system that stabilizes the temperature.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025

Mick worked in a factory boiler room in the 1970s, where he was exposed to asbestos.

From Science Daily • Feb. 15, 2024

We walk down a hall, and Maxine shows me what used to be the boiler room.

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson