<ARTICLE>                     5
<LEGEND>
     This schedule  contains summary  financial  information  extracted from the
consolidated  balance sheet of Bryan Steam  Corporation as of December 31, 1997,
and the related condensed consolidated income statement for the six-month period
then ended,  and is qualified  in its  entirety by  reference to such  financial
statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME>                        Bryan Steam Corporation
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