I realize this is late to the party, but that's probably a water pressure regulator rather than a thermostat. Copper pipes are almost exclusively used for potable water. JFYI.

Awards go to GirlJaye and MissOffMeds! :-D

Hmm, a sink, faucets...............................and no soap dispenser....

Sorry guys, you're all wrong.

It's a soap dispenser.

In looking at these photos, it occurs to me that red might not be the best color choice for a psychiatric hospital...

I think, ever since the original case of mistaken soap dispenser identity, soap dispensers as photographic subjects have been actively avoided. Just a thought...

Exciters.

Scooter has it right, IMO. The condensers are *under* the generator turbines, and this looks more like a chiller-type heat exchanger than a condenser. I could be wrong, but I don;t think so.

A great view of the other end of the condenser. The vertical line down the center is the demarcation for the direction of water flow; one side incoming, the other outgoing, with a partition of sorts in between, most likely attached to the missing condenser head.

It most certainly is a condenser. I was a nuclear mechanic on a submarine, and our steam propulsion and electrical generation worked on the same principle. Steam exhausts from the bottom of the turbine down into the condenser, and yes, there is a slight vacuum in the condenser, due to the steam condensing. What we see in this photo is the interior of one of the condenser heads, and as was stated above, all of those tiny holes in the wall at the back are condenser tubes, and the condensing steam passes around them.

That's the biggest soap dispenser I've ever seen!

I realize Jack beat me to it, but I too noticed the absence of soap dispensers...

Vastarien FTW!

If I'm not mistaken, I think it's a soap dispenser.

:-D

The water line is more visible in black and white.

It looks like it had some standing water for awhile, about two feet of it.

Really sorry to see no soap dispenser...

(I'm thinking it would make an awesome album cover, too.)

Kez and Mark are correct, it's a squatter. I saw some of those in use in northern Italy as recently as 2003(had ot use one once), and they're common in Asia.

Also, great to see the soap dish jokes are still going strong.

I see the soap dispenser joke is the gift that keeps on giving.

:-D

@money, I know what you mean. Every other one shaped like that I've seen was a light.

:-D