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Colin, Makes sense.

BTW, this, and your other comments, are bringing some interesting insight to these power plant pictures!

Thad,

You will find all kinds of rigging in power plants. There is always some sort of work being done. Looking at the length of the chain attached, I'd say that it's hooked up to a hoistup on a higher elevation on the boiler where there was maintenance being done. It could have been used to bring up toolboxes, planks for scaffolding, piping, beams, welding machines etc. Probably not necessarily for a single piece of equipment.

About the lights being on -- Plants don't directly use the power they generate to operate... itself. They're all tied into a "grid." Suppose one of the plants comes offline for maintenance, they still need electricity to perform whatever maintenance, and to get back up and running. They use power from the grid just like your house, or anywhere else does.

so much sadness abd horror

No way to be sure unless I was there, but 17 is probably the elevation above sea level. In most of the plants, instead of the floors going 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 etc. They will go 19, 31, 51, 61, 81, 100.

Lead based paint is known for retaining it's color. Well, known for that and turning into chips.

Anyone have dip?

Hey Motts, does your mom know you do this? Just curious. I bet she grounded you A LOT when you were younger, just to keep you alive!

Apparently, you've never been in a powerhouse. :D I work in all the power plants on Long Island (Northport, Port Jeff, Island Park, Glenwood and Far Rockaway) and I can tell you that they are FAR from clean. They are kept "looking clean" but they're absolutely full of asbestos and many other harmful substances (mostly insulations). You won't see it much on the turbine deck (That's what it's usually referred to as, never heard it called a "hall" ) but once you get up on the boiler itself, it's a different world.

I sincerely hope you wear a good quality respirator with 2091 or 2097 (hepa) filters for protection. Usually colored pink or marked by a pink band. Regular dust masks (tittie masks) will NOT protect you at all from asbestos fibres in the air. And even though you don't see it, it's there. It's the stuff you CAN'T see that will kill you.

Now I feel old--I own several of those...possibly even that exact one!

Excuse me.. I do live close.

Sad ending, the ship sinks, oops!! I Iet out the.............to be continued.

I was in this room... well as far as the doorway, but I knew it from this photo. I've been doing a lot of research on Pennhurst and have almost become obsessed. I can't wait to get back there to do more exploring. Good thing I don't live pretty close to it!

Dead spiders and a beer can.

no, i believe the proper terminology for this is "thingamajig".

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