832 Comments for Westport Generating Station

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Anyone remember the story with the creepy elevator operator that says "Room for one more..." then the elevator plummets to the bottom of the shaft, killing everyone inside? Motts found the elevator...
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That is slightly creepy... you have to look, but then you can't un-see it!
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Mr. Motts, you photographed the number 13 car. That is way cool. Thanks for another exciting new gallery.
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It seems that somebody have stolen the copper windings around the round centerpart in the middle, called the rotor, and the missing part is the stator, since copper is expensive , the must have buy themselves a good sixpac of beer or two.
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I'm thinking that they might have squashed the lamp housings to cut the glare, direct the light....
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Yay, new gallery!!
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Never got to see a coal factory before. Thanks! Now I'll go wash the dust off..
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Always number your cars backwards so you can look out for #1.
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They don't look that big in movies and TV shows. I guess that's just so people can hop in.
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Good to the last drop!
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The picture kinda hooks you in...
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Is that some kind of ladder above it?
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No nothing- just get back to work!

I wonder what that P and S means next to the door...
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Nice of you to put some spring in our winter!
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The pipes are insulated with insulating mud. That is why they have the I was wet once look. Insulating mud is/was used with and without Asbestos fibers in it depending on when it was made. The date for official stoppage of use is 1973 but it was allowed products already on the market be used up.
There is no real way to visibly identify Asbestos it can only be seen under an electron microscope. The visual indicators are age, corrugated cardboard wrapped around a pipe, horsehair in the mud. But these methods are not foolproof and need experience to be effective.
Best just to use a mask and not disturb any dust around the suspect item.