Perhaps you were an inmate once Amy.

Doesnt it make you want to find a broom?

Interesting photo but disturbing too. What happened to Dr. Giggles?

I love old overbuilt things.

Makes me want to get a haircut....maybe from Dr. Giggles?

The name plate says Thomson Ammeter. The maximum amperes red line at 340 on the 600 amp scale. Too bad we cant read the bottom plates. Probably a gauge for each of the three phases.

Notice the tile floor. Most of these old complexes had great tile floors that obviously last for as long as is necessary before being abandoned.

Maybe it was a ruse to get people to go in but WASN'T really a lavoratory at all. Might just draw some flies!

Looks like the discovery of Dr. Frankenstein's laboratory.

Looks like something out of the movie Papillon or another penal colony.

Looks like a place to go into and never come back.

Looks like the 60s to me.

These guys are installed in the circuits to limit the amount of current fed to a fault.

The brass colored lines are called mimics and represent the electrical circuits . They are used on a control panel to show the path of the electric flow from one circuit or piece of equipment to another. Different colored mimics designate different voltages; brass may be 13,800 volts, red mimics may designate 2300 volts and green mimics 440 volts. Silver represents a very high voltage; 138,000 volts and higher. The wavy looking symbols are transformers. Transformers step up or step down voltages through a series of electrical windings. The mimics on this panel all look to be representing the same voltage.

US frequency is based on 60HZ or 60 cycles. Most generating units operate at 3600 RPM or 60x60; that is 60 cycles per second times 60 seconds in a minute.

You are looking at the brush rigging for a three phase exciter that supplies field current to the generator windings.

My father used to drive me from Massachusetts back to school and then stay the night and drive back the next day. He always talked about strange sounds in the middle of the night while sleeping in the Mansion. Great Memories.