- By Diane Chiddister
- Published: April 10, 2010
On Friday, April 9, employees of Crabtree Drilling of Springfield and Eaton Drilling of West Liberty drilled 300 feet down on the front lawn of the Antioch College campus in a first step toward determining the feasibility of using geothermal heating on campus.
The drilling’s purpose was to drop a loop, or pipe, down the opening that will be used for a 48-hour test to provide information on how well the ground at that location transfers heat, according to Jacob Crabtree of Crabtree Drilling. That information will help determine how best to design a thermal heating system for the campus, Crabtree said.
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