Feeding the machine

Photo from Tulane University Archives
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Tulane engineering students shovel coal in the boiler room of the Heat and Power Plant  in the old engineering building, currently part of the School of Science and Engineering lab complex behind Blessey Hall as a part of the mechanic arts program circa 1900. 

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Mechanic arts students get some hands-on education in the late 19th century.
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