832 Comments for Westport Generating Station

@Joe

And HOT!

Wallpaper.

AWESOME!!!

Crane Valves were the Best Valve money could buy.

Maybe someone had to constantly monitor the gauges day and night, important job since they had no computers to do it, it took humans.

All the Piping alone must have been one hell of a job to fab and install.

Perfection in piping and photography Mr. Motts.

I like how it looks like bleeding eye sockets. Very haunting.

Would've been fun to see if the light bulb still worked

The cranks shake the coal bed to keep things stired up and drop the fly ash out.

Unrelated but... Bechtel built a power station out at Millmerran ( west of Brisbane) a few years ago. They had a 65 percent fail rate when the boiler tubes were x-rayed. Bechtel's solution was to get rid of the x-ray people

From the power stations I've worked in on shutdowns, they look like coal shutes where the coal is pulverised to a fine powder before being injected in the boilers. However the doo hickee that should be below these pipes are gone. Look around depending on how many turbines, should be 2 for each.

*gasp* The brush, the building, the clouds. Stunning last shot, Mr. Motts! Thanks again for sharing your amazing work with us. Beautiful!

What a beautiful shot. And well said, Anonymous.

The green is a nice contrast against all the metal and rust...even though it's "toxic". :)