Generator

Hey thats in pretty good condition- considering how old it is. Im surprised none of the metal has been taken for use elsewhere.

Sorry, but again a generator, not a turbine. This is my first visit to your web -- excellent. Hope you aren't offended by my corrections.

It's the little generator that could.

I,m surrprized that nobody has tried to scrap it .

To put to rest any questions about the steam engine, this photo clearly shows the Corliss-type valve gear in the background to the left. It's a Corliss engine, without any doubt.

What is the difference between a generator and a turbine? In the summer of 2001, I went to the community open house held by a local power plant. We watched an informational film and took a tour, then went to a picnic lunch in the parking lot, all free. The computerized control room (not the actual room, but a replica they use for training and demonstration). To a non-engineering/electrical person like me, it looked so intimidating! Then we put on hard hats and toured the plant, looking at the turbines, cooling towers, rail siding, coal storage area (they have a device that pick up the entire railroad car hauling coal and dumps it onto the storage pile), dock for barges on the river, a huge crane (I think they said there were only a handful that size in the world), etc. They discussed all the scrubbers, etc. used to reduce air pollution. But with all that, I don't remember what the difference is between a generator and a turbine. The tour I was part of turned out to be the last one held, because after 9/11 a few months later, letting the general public have that kind of access was deemed a national security risk.

Impressive!