Down the drain: Monster melters ease the burden of winter's stockpiles of snow

Like Punxsutawney Phil said, winter keeps coming — but these 12-inch snowfalls leave property owners staring at shrinking parking lots and towering snowbanks, searching for ways to ...
AOL

Snow melters: What are they and how do they work?

It has been an extremely active winter, with back-to-back snowstorms and below-freezing temperatures causing massive amounts of snow to accumulate and linger. Snow has covered roadways, sidewalks and ...
AOL

‘Snowtorious B.I.G.’ machine annihilates Baltimore snow at M&T Bank Stadium

Baltimore is using a snow-melting machine to help clear lingering piles left behind by last week’s winter storm, state officials said. The apparatus — nicknamed the “Snowtorious B.I.G.” by Maryland ...
Jamaica Plain Gazette

Councilor Flynn to hold a hearing on purchasing snow melting machines on Tue. March 3

PM in the Iannella Chamber at City Hall, Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn will hold a hearing to discuss the City of Boston purchasing snow melting machines. The hearing will also cover hearing orders ...
Staten Island Advance

‘We can’t wait for Mother Nature to melt this.’ A look at massive Staten Island snow-melting operation

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A massive effort is underway by the Department of Sanitation to melt the foot of snow that buried Staten Island and the rest of New York City. Melting machines are operating ...

Where will the snow go? Here's how NYC is using "hot tubs" to dig out from the winter storm.

As temperatures in New York City remain below freezing, the Department of Sanitation is getting proactive in removing piles of snow from last weekend's winter storm.
WBAL-TV

Baltimore gets snow-melter to tackle lingering snow piles

TO SHOW US HOW THE SNOW MELTER IS HELPING THE CITY. THIS SNOW MELTER CAN MELT 135 TONS OF SNOW IN ONE HOUR. CITY LEADERS SAY IT’S HELPING THEM SPEED THROUGH THE SNOW REMOVAL PROCESS. OVER A WEEK AFTER ...

Snow melting 'hot tubs' deployed on Staten Island and across all five boroughs

Narrow streets made it extremely difficult to navigate, prompting the mayor to send 100 pieces of equipment and additional ...

Staten Island snow piles head to the melters as crews race to reopen streets

Since Tuesday night, Sanitation has had 710 personnel and pieces of equipment shoveling, plowing, loading, and hauling away snow on Staten Island day and night. The response is about two and a half ...

At Boston’s snow farms, blizzards meet a watery end

Thanks to mechanical melters, thousands of truckloads of the white stuff have been transformed almost instantaneously into water at 14 “snow farms” from Hyde Park to East Boston.
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‘Snowtorious BIG.’ machine annihilates Baltimore snow at M&T Bank Stadium

Baltimore is using a snow-melting machine to help clear lingering piles left behind by last week’s winter storm, state officials said. The apparatus — nicknamed the “Snowtorious B.I.G.” by Maryland ...