832 Comments for Westport Generating Station

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BOING!!!
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Keepin the charge alive. Woohoo!
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The shadow on the left wall kind of looks like a Dalek.
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These are springs for the control valves there are typically four on top and four on the and feed steam into High Pressure section of the turbine. The Main Steam stop valves (usually 2) are further back and will close when the turbine trips off.
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I'm gonna say the stairs used to be yelllow years ago and there was a very large, immobile piece of equiptment butted up against the stairs and the boss one day decided he wanted to redecorate and had the workers paint everything blue and so they just painted around that piece of whatever, hence the 90 degree angle to the yellow stripe...just a theory!
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My kinda hometown too! This and Pittsburgh. Know where I can see good pictures of Ft Armstead Dylan? Thank you Motts for such a great site!
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I agree with Mitch. They are part actuator for the main steam valves.
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Thnx as always Motts! I always love to see big machines. I had spotted this place with Google Earth some time back. Now it's gone so the location can be revealed. Thanks for letting us experience these things through your efforts and your camera!

HNY 11 to all!
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Ah, I was wondering how the weight dropped!
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It's the Soylent Green food processor.
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I wanna lick that stuff!
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Old school automatic. Has a coupler on that weight cable that will melt and separate in a fire, allowing the door to roll closed. At least that's the plan.
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Is an unused chair really lonely? I mean, having somebody's ass in it's face all the time? And they don't even get to choose whether it's a nice ass or not. Maybe the chair likes getting a break? The fresh air has to better than what it got before!
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I'll go with another building that was on that foundation. Now it's the high dive for the zombies.
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Not just looks like one. It was used to hang and display disobedient workers.