1,689 Comments for Eagle River Power Station

Oh new pics, Happy Happy Joy Joy. Easy Lynne, dont make me put you in a strait jacket! :-))))

I love the way they made industrial buildings even look majestic. Greetings to the "Kindered".

Why, thank you very much! I thought I was going goofy! LoL!

Lynne=ROFL

:-)

At the risk of sounding redundant - yet again another awesome collection. When I see things like this, that are so long forgotten, I am grateful to people like you who document them so they won't be forgotten.

Many of these places were people's dreams, creations, nightmares, workplaces, etc. etc. etc.

Motts, I wonder something. When I used to "explore" old buildings, there was this feeling almost like I could feel the remaining presence of the people who once worked (or lived, or whatever as appropriate) in those places, and sometimes, I would almost see them still in operation. Do you feel the same things?

"I can't resist buttons, levers, switches, etc regardless of what might have happened I would have thrown that sucker!"

Me as well!! :)

Yeah - that's the manufacturer's name, cast into the casing of the pump...

(12:27PM) I'M JUST HAPPY!! : > )

My guess would be a plastic trash bag....

Long time lurker, first time poster.. Thanks for the new gallery, Mister Motts. With this one and as with all of your galleries/visits, you continue to show commendable respect to the spaces of yesterday, and your usual talent shines for finding shots that make one feel something about a site, rather than simply see it. Thanks for letting us look through your eyes, and I look forward to your next postings.

Well done, RedDragon!

One small thing of note tho - in actuality the steam would be vented around the tubes - the tubes would carry the cooling water.

Is it a boiler or a condenser below?

In a lot of typical power plant designs, there's a condenser under the turbine - steam is exhausted to the condenser, and the water is returned back to the boiler to be made to steam again....

720 is actually not all that hot for steam plants. When I was running marine plants, we commonly used superheated steam at 1200+ degrees...

Actually, Serrena, it looks to me like something that either fell or was put there. I've seen "hats" over gageboards before - but usually they kinda match and have lights in them.

But I'm just guessing :)

I have to say that I am constantly amazed by the design of some of these older industrial buildings. In a modern era where buildings are chrome, steel, concrete, and soulless - to see something as mundane as a power plant, with this much beautiful design is awesome. It's like a church of technology (albeit old, old technology).