1,466 Comments Posted by autoguy

Caution? Maybe so, but go man! See, explore!

Sure looks that way huh? Perhaps the missing parts are in another area? It would seem that repairs had not been ruled out at one point huh? I would think these condensor units that had been dismantled were a major factor in the decision to close this plant. Wotta awesome place!

Only the shadow knows? I'll make a layman's guess. I don't see the facilities for a burner or the entrance for a fuel, nor does it seem to be insulated like a boiler. Plus, it's proximity directly under the turbine would make a boiler location create a living hell in that area. I vote condensor, and a very massive and cool assembly!

I agree that the end plate missing indicates an insepction took place. Givin the facilities age, level of efficiency, and cost to replace or repair such a massive assembly, a closure was likely suggested.

Fantastic photos, thanks Motts! I wish I could see too, I'm jealous! :o)

You bethca Bill! Look at all the nice hand grips on those, yikes! With the plant in operation for all those years, it makes me wonder how many got careless and got popped? Owwww!

Very wonderful to see this plant intact, a wonderful piece of history. I'm surprised it has not been raided and stripped, there's a fortune in copper in this photo! (Shhhh!) :o)

Hey, those are brown one gallon A&W root beer jugs! Good stuff. Maybe they left some roo beer?

No need to speculate so much, just open the jar and take a nice big gulp, mmmmm!

Me too Matt. Set that table for four, and I'll bring us some dates. What woman could resist a romantic candle lit dinner on an autopsy table?

What's the goop and juicey swill in the jars? Well, open them and drink some of course! That should provide some kind of clue, no?

And I correct myself, the shifter handles are removable.

devnull knows exactly what they are. There's a list of the army trucks they were used in here:
http://www.g503.com/fo...iewtopic.php?t=46506

And here's the parts list:
https://www.logsa.army...ms/data/A/018424.pdf

And yes, I'm a wrench-head. ;o)

Good stuff there Motts! Very interesting to see. Lots of curious speculation about this room. I'll add more. :o) We can see they were pulled from vehicles. All the shifters had been cut off to make that easier, and hoses cut, etc.. Most of the generators were taken. Generators were replaced with alternators in the early 60s in civilian vehicles, but I cannot say that for these mil-spec looking units. And there they sit. I would guess they came from a government contract and developed a problem, were defective in some way, were improper, something like that. I would say this, the circumstances surrounding them were likely an embarrasment and had cost some company or the taxpayers ALOT of money to correct! I think there's some kind of snafu connected to them or they would have been discarded/scrapped/sold a long time ago. Perhaps they sit and hide in "government stockpile limbo"? But... it sure is cool to see them and speculate, you betcha! Love the photos!

Great stuff Motts! That's the funkiest materials handing scheme I've ever seen in a factory. It's the damndest thing. In the old/new photos a couple images back, one of the traversing cranes can still be seen on the top way off at the far end.