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Worcester ( (listen) WUUS-tər) is a city in, and county seat of, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, Worcestershire, England, as of the 2020 Census the city's population was 206,518, making it the second-most populous city in New England after Boston. Worcester is approximately 40 miles (64 km) west of Boston, 50 miles (80 km) east of Springfield and 40 miles (64 km) north-northwest of Providence. Due to its location near the geographic center of Massachusetts, Worcester is known as the "Heart of the Commonwealth;" a heart is the official symbol of the city.
Worcester developed as an industrial city in the 19th century due to the Blackstone Canal and rail transport, producing machinery, textiles and wire. Large numbers of European immigrants made up the city's growing population. However, the city's manufacturing base waned following World War II. Long-term economic and population decline was not reversed until the 1990s, when higher education, medicine, biotechnology, and new immigrants started to make their mark. The city's population has grown by 28% since 1980, reaching a new all-time high in the 2020 census and experiencing urban renewal.
Modern Worcester is known for its diversity and large immigrant population, with significant communities of Vietnamese, Brazilians, Albanians, Puerto Ricans, Ghanaians, Dominicans, and others. 22% of Worcester's population was born outside the United States. A center of higher education, it is home to eight separate colleges and universities, including Holy Cross, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), and Clark University. Architecturally, Worcester is notable for its large number of 19th century triple-decker houses, Victorian-era mill architecture, and lunch car diners such as Miss Worcester.
Worcester is the principal city of Central Massachusetts, and is a regional government, employment and transportation hub. Since the 1970s, and especially after the construction of Route 146 and interstates 90, 495, 190, 290, and 395, both Worcester and its surrounding towns have become increasingly integrated with Boston's suburbs. The Worcester region now marks the western periphery of the Boston-Worcester-Providence (MA-RI-NH) U.S. Census Combined Statistical Area (CSA), or Greater Boston.

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  1. sammathias

    Worcester 280 rsf Luke warm water

    Worcester 280 rsf. Heating works fine, hot water fires up but is only like warm. Now with heating demand I'm getting 240v at 3 port. With heating off and tap running it's only.luke warm. If I manually move motorized valve to left it gets upto temperature. Iam only getting about 4v on board with...
  2. K

    URGENT Worcester Heatslave 15/19 Oil Combi Boiler Pressure

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  3. M

    Worcester Greenstar 24I Hot water problem

    Hi there hope you guys can help me, the boiler in my rental property has stopped giving hot water, i.e. now water at all. the central heating works fine, cold water works fine, but when i turn on the hot water i get nothing no water at all. look forward to tour suggestions. Many thanks Martin
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  4. Tommo25

    Hydro block pin hole worcester

    Went to look at a leaking worcester combi 30cdi, and found it has a pinhole/hairline crack in the flow unit hydro block. (LHS bolts onto plate to plate heat ex) Any tips or anything I should look out for when replacing the flow unit (87161063560) I don't do too much work on Worcester boilers...
  5. R

    Worcester 26cdi XTRA advice?

    Hello everyone, Currently no hot water or central heating with my Worcester 26cdi XTRA. It's making clicking noises and then a loud scraping noise when trying to ignite. I've taken a video of problem, any ideas what might be wrong? View: https://youtu.be/rDk2PxmsXIw Any ideas of what...
  6. G

    Boiler replacement - Regular (with Boilermate) vs. Combi

    Hi everyone, I've just moved to a 4 bed detached house (2 bathrooms) built in 2005, in Bromsgrove (B60), with the original 15 year old set up of a Glowworm Micron 60FF regular boiler coupled to a Boilermate 2000 storage unit. The boiler itself is not very efficient and I'm just waiting for the...
  7. M

    Worcester boiler part leaking

    Hello this part of my Worcester boiler seems to have a leak and boiler pressure has gone up? Any ideas what this part is?
  8. J

    Worcester boiler pressure issue

    I have a Worcester Greenstar 24i junior boiler that is around 12 years old. I am having issues with the pressure on the central heating. When the boiler is off the pressure is dropping down to 0 (I know it should be around 1 bar). When on it is around 1 bar some of the time, but it can go up to...
    • jon1974
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  9. G

    Worcester 20 25 heat slave

    boiler works fine for rads and hot water, but after reaching required temp and shutting off a noise continues .. sounds like a fan or air blower. Sometimes stops in minutes other times hours. sometimes doesn't happen at all
  10. eagleeye

    Worcester filter power flush adaptor

    Does anyone know if you can buy an adaptor to fit on the unions of the worcester filter so you can connect magnaclense power flush machine connections ?
  11. B

    URGENT Worcester 28CDi return manifold

    Does a Worcester 28CDi Combi have to be taken off the wall to change the plastic return manifold?
  12. L

    Cascading rigs or frames for two 40 kW Worcester boilers

    Hello, This is in relation to replacing a 50 year old 68kW boiler with two 40kW Worcester boilers for a residential blocks's (12 flats) centraol heatign only. Are you aware of any cascading rigs or frames that would be suitable? King of Pipes had suggested the Ideal Evomax heder kit, which...
  13. T

    Worcester Greenstar 30CDi info please

    Hi Is the Eco button for the heating of the radiators, or the domestic Hot water? The reason i ask is there is also an E setting on the Hot water control Knob. When i had a Baxi(old house), the domestic hot water always had priority. which seems logical. How does a worcester bosch handle it...
  14. U

    Worcester greenstar 30 - wont start after bleeding radiators

    Ive just moved into a rented property and some of the radiators were very cold at the top so I bled the radiators. The boiler lost pressure and switched off. I've repressurised the boiler to 1.5 but the controller on the boiler is completely off and I have no idea how to turn the thing back on...
  15. S

    Getting a Remote Control RFWRT thermostat talking to a Worcester Boiler 28i

    Getting a Remote Control RFWRT thermostat talking to a Worcester Boiler 28i, changed the batteries, no heating, hot water working ?
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    • Forum: USA
  16. I

    Worcester 9.24 RSFE insulation

    If anyone has a front combustion chamber insulation panel in good condition knocking about part: 87161004710 I would be interested !
  17. J

    Worcester Bosch 37CDI Combi leaking

    Hi all, Our Worcester Bosch 37CDI has developed a leak from this part, located above the green casing, as you can see from the drip in the picture attached. Could you please tell me what this part is? Many thanks in advance John
  18. P

    Can anyone help with a worcester mt10 timer

    The clock function has stopped working. Heating and water are working fine but we can’t use the timer function as the clock has stopped turning. I’ve tried resetting, and switching between ‘on’, ‘off’ and timer at various stages. Does it have a separate battery or anything similar? Thanks
  19. R

    Worcester Bosch wires melting

    Hi about an hour ago all the lights in my house tripped out. I went to the fuseboard and one switch was down. Flicked it back and it tripped out immediately. few moments later theres and acrid smell and a little smoke in the room tracked the smell down to the boiler, took the cover off and...
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    • Forum: USA
  20. M

    Worcester fan replaced, pressure now dropped / air in pipes / constant need to top up

    Hi, We recently had a Worcester compact system boiler repaired under warranty where the fan had failed. Since this has happened, the top floor radiator has needed bleeding constantly and additional water added to the heating loop. There's no apparent leak. I'm guessing the boiler is releasing...
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    • Forum: USA
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