Lone Machine

Looks like the remnants of a turbine assembly.

That machine is actually a small turbine, powered by steam to turn a generator... to make electricity. There'd normally be a giant housing around it.

Yup thats correct. Those grey circular plates are tha actual fan blades that super high pressure steam was forced and then re-forced into. The resulting spinning of the turbine created the electricity. And Motts when are you going to put up you pics of the "other" power plant ? I cant wait to see those.

What is this "Other" plant you speak of? I'm interested as well.

Another interesting fact (I think.) All the turbines on Long Island point north and south. I'm not sure what purpose that serves, and if it's the same at other plants. But if you get lost inside, you can figure out which direction you are going.

Curious turbine assembly. II would think it would be way too small for a main power generator - perhaps an auxiliary pump? Looks too large for that. Maybe it's just way smaller than I thought it would be...

It isn't primary set of rotors,maybe a secondary set for powerhouse electricity.They use secondary set for slow start-up after shutdown.

I like how the shot appears to be in black and white and eventualy turns to color, much like what happens in the Wizard of Oz.

The skeleton of the great wheels of industry.

Signed: An American Soldier in Germany.

This is part of a burbine blade. Steam hit it and then powers the shaft that turns the generator to make electricity.

My Grandad lived on a farm when they didn’t have eticlricety. They had what they called a wind charger and the wind did blow but the lead acid batteries required constant maintenance .I also have experience on solar panels in the Ecuadorian jungle. It was decided we needed a microwave and mobile repeater on top of one of the mountains and it would be some time before we could get a road up there . Well it is cloudy and we calculated our solar panels at 20% sunlight. That part was good but after about a year of good operation a small tornado tore all the solar panels off and throed them off the top of the mountain. It takes a lot of panels to generate enough power for low wattage repeaters. To be of any value to a car u would need to pull a trailer the size of a 18 wheeler,and they would need to be tied down good. Then there is the weight of the heavy batteries,it takes something to move that.