50 Comments Posted by davejase

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... and yet another smashed light hood!
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I've read a couple of comments referring to this as a rheostat, which it is... kind of. I believe this was a frequency modifier, used to "phase" the old 25 Hz system with the newer 60 Hz system. "R" and "L" would be moving the sine wave to the left or right of 360 degrees. Absolutely the best urbex stuff I've ever seen.
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Low pressure hall?
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About halfway down on the right of the belt; anyone else see the face in the girder plate?
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Too cool. Based on what I've gathered about the operation of these things, I think the black stuff is coke, and this thing rotated to accept the feed stock & flux.