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Jehovah’s Witnesses—1993 Yearbook Report1993 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses
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Furman Street Facility
New laundry and dry-cleaning facilities were installed on the eighth floor of the 360 Furman Street building in September and November of 1991. These premises provide a pleasant environment for the personnel who handle 25 tons of soiled items each week for the more than 3,000 members of the Brooklyn headquarters staff.
What else is happening in the Furman Street building? During this past service year, Tape Duplicating churned out six and a half million audiocassettes. Since that department’s inception in 1978, over 53 million cassettes have been produced. The Carpenter Shop rejoiced last service year at its highest output ever—11,000 cabinets and cabinet components. The shop office reports: “We anticipate a greater output for 1993, as the 90 Sands Street project will require 4,000 to 5,000 cabinets per year for two years, and the Patterson project will need 4,000 cabinets per year for at least three more years.”
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Jehovah’s Witnesses—1993 Yearbook Report1993 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses
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[Pictures on page 19]
At 6:00 a.m., one of the Society’s laundry trucks starts its rounds of several of the 21 residence buildings in Brooklyn
After the truck arrives at 360 Furman Street, the entire truck is taken by elevator to the eighth floor, for unloading
[Pictures on page 20, 21]
1. Items are checked for identification numbers
2. One room rumbles with 14 washing machines ranging in capacity from 35 pounds [15 kg] to 450 pounds [200 kg], all computer-controlled. One load in the large washer would be comparable to washing more than a thousand shirts in your home washer
3. The washed and dried garments are sent to the pressing area. More than 4,500 garments are pressed each day
The dry-cleaning department handles 3,000 to 4,000 garments each week. In 1991 they processed 150,000 pounds [70,000 kg] of dry cleaning
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