1,689 Comments for Eagle River Power Station

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About 100 feet I'd say.
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I shoot everything in color, then decide if they should be in black and white later on. The colors looked muted and nasty in this photo.
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(1250pm) I have to agree with you there, Kassie. The texture caught my eye before I could start looking at this one closely. I had commented earlier about the ceiling structure, from a shot that was much farther back. Now that I can see it up close, though, all I can say is.....wow....it IS intricate....amazing....
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(1247pm) Motts.....maybe you should start using rock-climing ropes, and apparatus like that...Might save you.....It DOES look like somone is in the control room.......**goosebumps**
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(1244pm) I see how small the ladders look that are attached to the turbines.......MAN, you were UP there, Motts!!!! How high up do you think you were? Any idea?
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(1240pm) It's the assembly plant for the
<star wars> X-Wing fighters!!!!!
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The broken lines represent switches (contactors). They're controlled by the bottons to either side. Notice the unbroken ones have no buttons. just hole plugs.

Yes, as I said, it's a schematic for the power flow at the facility. The zizags represent transformers
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As a general rule, around open power conductors, you should have a safety standby with a nonconductive hook, to grab your belt in case you get 'siezed' Although I saw an engineer in the switchyard at Obispo crank a 230KV switchover without a standby. Anyway, the crank is 50 feet below the line.
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I wonder what the switches were for? Since they're 4-pole, I guess it's 3-phase Y connection at no more tha a few hundred amps. Maybe for the pump and blower motors ? Maybe 440 Volts? Yikes ! where was OSHA? Open switches.
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Looks like some kind of flow chart
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(1139am) Poooor Lynne....I'd have helped, but you were well taken care of, dear. Hope you feel better.....When I first looked at this shot, my stomach actually turned with my head....I had to twist my head around until i got my "footing"!!! Perfectly named pic, Motts!! Wild...It took me a few seconds to "get it"....
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(1134am) Once again, Lynne hits it on the nose! Somber does explain what I felt when I first looked at this shot. That lighting looks natural...
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Mr. Not Motts Blurry Face's hair brush
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(1125am) Jude, I thought the same thing at first....Then I started comparing the height of the doorknobs, and all that...I think they are very large heating ducts for a very large hallway, in a very large building!!! *whew*
Motts....you are, indeed, gifted....What a shot!!!!!!!!
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(1105am) Speaking of church hymns, Lynne....that would mean those pipes are from the church organ.....