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1  There was a great steam power plant and an electricity plant.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 3
2  His soaked clothing began to steam, and the horrible stench of fertilizer to fill the room.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 19
3  Beyond opens a door into the kitchen, where there is a glimpse to be had of a range with much steam ascending from it, and many women, old and young, rushing hither and thither.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 1
4  Now and then, when the bosses were not looking, you would see them plunging their feet and ankles into the steaming hot carcass of the steer, or darting across the room to the hot-water jets.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7
5  This was bad enough in the summer, when a man could see; in wintertime it was enough to make your hair stand up, for the room would be so full of steam that you could not make anything out five feet in front of you.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 11
6  There were men who worked in the cooking rooms, in the midst of steam and sickening odors, by artificial light; in these rooms the germs of tuberculosis might live for two years, but the supply was renewed every hour.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 9
7  He wondered if ever he could get used to working in a place like this, where the air shook with deafening thunder, and whistles shrieked warnings on all sides of him at once; where miniature steam engines came rushing upon him, and sizzling, quivering, white-hot masses of metal sped past him, and explosions of fire and flaming sparks dazzled him and scorched his face.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 21