Technology and the Big House in Ireland, c. 1800–c.1930
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Clandeboye

coal-gas plant, 150, 161, 170–172, 198, 200, 254, 256

faulty drains, 41, 72

ice house, 113

improvements, 42, 47–48, 59, 63, 65, 79, 172, 254

lake, 3, 25–28, 59, 254

pumped water storage, 229

room lighting, 156

sawmill, 205, 236

Clements, Viscount Robert, 242

climate control, 62, 82

Cloncurry estate map, 167

Cloncurry, Lord, 25, 147, 166, 217

Clonmel, Lord, 66

Clooncahir, 243, 249

closet, 2–3, 14–15, 19, 21, 24, 29, 35, 38, 41–48, 58, 73, 204, 216

clothes drying room, 71, 89

Clotworthy House, 131–132

coach house space heating, 63, 69–71, 89, 107

coach house water heating, 29–30

coal

burning steamer, 67

domestic use, 49, 62, 64–66, 75, 93, 106–107, 139, 254

gas, 138–139, 147, 159–168, 170–172, 174–176, 178, 188, 200

haulage, 67

heated water cans, 33, 256

horticultural use, 84–86, 89, 93, 98, 100, 107, 109

two storage houses, 167

coastal shipping, 227

colza lamp, 175

colza oil (rape seed), 153

conservatory, 81, 95–96, 104–105, 196, 198

contamination, 17, 135

convection current, 40, 93, 109

Coole Park, 218

Coote, Sir Algernon, 141, 176

corn mill, 236

Cornish tin mines, 92, 109

corronas, 168

cots, 67

Cowan, John, 99–100

Cowan's patent limekiln boiler, 98–100, 109

cow-tail lift pump, 6–7

Cragside, 183

Crom Castle, 49, 65–67, 81, 94, 98, 106–107, 113, 120, 125–127, 133–134, 138, 161–163, 205, 225, 230, 236

coal gas lighting, 138, 161–163

domestic heating costs, 65, 107

garden heating and buildings, 81, 94, 98

ice house, 113, 120, 125–127, 133–134

power sources and equipment, 205, 225, 230, 236

Crosskill, William, 244

Crosskill's portable farm railway, 244–245, 250

crown wheel, 217, 223, 227, 231, 233

cucumber, 84, 94

Curragh Chase, 161, 171

Curraghmore, 244, 250

dam, 225

Daniel, William, 159

Dartrey, 161, 166