832 Comments for Westport Generating Station

The tape is to seal the pipe insulation. That is probably asbestos containing insulation based on age but it could be fiberglass, you'd still want to cover the cuts and openings to keep it sealed since heating makes it very friable over time.

Knowing that you're in my part of the country, rednecks fixed those pipes...lol

There is a set of pipes in the background, near the middle that look like a person. The pipes look like blue jeans, there is a dark section above that for the torso and a light spot for a head....

That's neat! I love your story. It made the edit so much btteer for me. :) Not that it was a bad edit, just that I love having a story behind it.

uncle steve i you are correct but in the feild they are condensers take water from the river or water source and condenses the steam.

I collect alot of the boiler face plates and old pressure gauges. if any one goes adventuring and can snag them for me id appreciate it. my email is jcmccombe@gmail.com im a steam engineer and love working in old plants i used to operate and maintain a 1923 babcock wilcox rivited HRT (horizontal return) boiler now replaced with a cleaver brooks package blr in 2007

Think of this, when this place was functional there was a plant manager, the guy with all the experience. This place covers probably 10 or more acres but he's the one who'd be on the other side of the plant from these controls trying to fix something and be able to tell a worker, oh ya, we need to reset the blah blah blah switch, it' s in the so and so room on the other side of the plant..............go do it. There's always one.

Super sized dryers like they use in drive thru carwashes

I think that whole getup in the picture needs a deficiency tag, duct tape on the pipes and the missing handle would not be my top choices on the safety of this setup.

I see a light above that old door on the bottom.

You should make that into a wall paper. I love this picture.

@autoguy-EEEEWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I believe that the mental hospital scenes were actually filmed in Eastern State Penitentiary in Philly.

Looks like it may be the steam inlet poppet trip latch for one of the steam turbines.

This is one location I wish that I had gotten a chance to go back to.

Coal Transport Rail system built into the upper sections was awesome as well

I have a photo with friends taken in front of this thing for a size comparison

http://abandonedhistor...ng-station/Group.jpg