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AERIALS
Date Built:1903

Purpose: The building was originally partitioned between the two floor east side that served as the carpentry/flask shop and the four floor west side where all the foundry patterns were stored.

After 1919, engineering labs occupied the now two story building. They included large fan, small fan, air conditioning, coil and Precipitron testing. A large number of fan model tests, which are scaled-down versions of full size installations, were performed both inside and at the back of the building.

Currently: Owned by Potomac Electric

Roof view of test set-up.
1954
Fan witness test with representative groups of customers (an Italian electric utility).
1951
Setting up a gas compressor test.
1951
Double-width Silentvane fan being assembled in special test structure.
1954
Precipitron Lab on the second floor.
1954
Worker taking multiple manometer readings on this small axial fan.
1963
Air conditioning lab.
1963
Precipitron lab.
1963
Air Handling lab.
1963
Tandem Fan model in Air Handling lab
1963
Compressor in Air Handling lab.
1963
Workers in the Pattern Shop.
1917
Roof view of test set-up.
1954
Fan witness test with representative groups of customers (an Italian electric utility).
1951
Setting up a gas compressor test.
1951
Double-width Silentvane fan being assembled in special test structure.
1954
Precipitron Lab on the second floor.
1954
Worker taking multiple manometer readings on this small axial fan.
1963
Air conditioning lab.
1963
Precipitron lab.
1963
Air Handling lab.
1963
Tandem Fan model in Air Handling lab
1963
Compressor in Air Handling lab.
1963
Workers in the Pattern Shop.
1917