433 Comments for Franklin Power Plant

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wow
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hmmm i wonder if freddy lives here *runs the other way *
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from the clouds it looks like it is pouring smoke from the stacks
Kinda looks like the gateway to hell... I get the feeling that if I was there, I would see things crawl up from the depths below to get me...
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Bob, you'll find a lot of that in Motts' work.
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Bob, that was exactly what I thought when I first saw this picture! Then I thought perhaps it was the beginning of a long bridge that ended with huge suspension cables on the other side. It is truly a great shot, isn't it?
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Er, my father is an engineer. I thought it was against the law for engineers to get warm fuzzy feelings, or at least to express them publicly? ;-)
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Reminds me of a creepy spaceship with creepier alien-esque-lighting.
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Skye, that's just the light refracting on the cameral lense.
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The computer in this office still works
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There is almost a symmetry at play here.
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The suspension cables appear to be holding the horizon in-place, cut just one and the world will collapse on it-self.

Man!!! my world...oh my
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I get the feeling that i'm falling and looking up as I go down.

You could stare at this for some time and still not be to sure of where you are at, amazing!!
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Glad you ask Lynne, as if I don't gloat enough.
I'm a stationary engineer(high pressure boiler operator).
I found this site while looking for info on the Central Terminal boilers. I live not to far from the building and have been inside numerous times, but never got down to the machine area's, apparently it's been flooded for some time now.

Eventhough these boilers are dangerous, accidents are few due to the training and license requirements of the operators.

This site is amazing, not only does it contain a perspective on history, it includes architecture and when they are combined I get this warm fuzzy feeling inside.
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Bob, three-story boilers scare the bejeebers out of me! What do you know about accidents and explosions and such at these places? I can imagine an accident involving equipment of this size must have been fairly devastating.