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Oh...good idea! LoL!

Bri

Thu 12-01-2005

I'm sure it's just malfuctioned or confused...

Cyrus

Thu 12-01-2005

I wonder what they still control? It's wierd that they would still use a small part of such a huge building that's just rotting away. Hmmmm....Makes you wonder......

Teresa

Thu 12-01-2005

It's downright freaky!!

Jude

Thu 12-01-2005

Makes you wonder, if it could still work... Naw... It's alive.. It's the Mangler.

Lyric

Thu 12-01-2005

THROW THE SWITCHES YA PUSS! YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE!
LOL!

Incoming, surely.

Motts, was there any other buildings around this power station?

awyper

Thu 12-01-2005

Power was usually left connected for the inputs for power stations after they are brought offline. Power stations require input power when they come back online and when they manage part of the power grid. It was probably just easier for them to leave the input power connected then remove the station from the grid and completely power it down.

Thu 12-01-2005

I see....

awyper

Fri 12-02-2005

prettttttttty...................................um sorry, bright lights and shiny objects tend to pull me in.

anna

Fri 12-02-2005

FLIP THE SWITCH! FLIP THE SWITCH!!!
DO IT! DOIT! DO IT!!!!

MetalSingingGurl

Fri 12-02-2005

extraordinary! working ones !!! I am stunned !

NiacHa

Thu 12-15-2005

Any idea what the markings say?

Murphy

Thu 12-15-2005

ohhh it just might still function the way it supposed to. yay! flip some switches! Start it up!

Andy

Sun 01-22-2006

You did say some transformers were still hooked up......Obviously you have "good"
information according to the lights Most likely all tossin a switch would do would be make someplace go dark and someone show up there to find out why

Tom

Thu 02-09-2006

THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT MADE THERE LIFE FOR YEARS AND YEARS JUST FLIPPING THOSE SWITCHES

MATTHEW

Thu 04-06-2006

That other guy is not me. The other Tom.

Tom

Mon 04-24-2006

well its obviossly still conected to the grid. i dont get it some times i think they leave them conected to the gris in hopes of it burning down... which is quite horrable if u ask me

tylerl

Wed 06-21-2006

There's a powerplant in Melbourne (Australia) that's been offline for years - but still some of the control areas are still live. For whatever reason, it does seem common that some power is left routed through inactive power plants. Wonderful photos :)

Sascha

Fri 09-01-2006

Imagine you switch the main on/of and the thing starts working!!??

Tom

Sat 09-16-2006

This plant is still managing part of the power grid, these functions have now been moved completely out of the old plant and to a newer building on the same site.

Wed 12-13-2006

You know, if all the bulbs were replaced, I reckon over half of those lights would come on.
I wouldn't recommend doing that though, looking at the state of that board.

Bloke

Fri 01-26-2007

As far as why things still run through the station...the power grids are very complicated and the power route for this area may have had to be rebuilt entirely in order to by pass this station........Since there is no power generation here whats left just comp[letes the circuit to get power out to its distribution points

Thomas

Tue 06-05-2007

I would start throwing switches as many as I could in a minute then run like hell. It probably make my day more interesting. Weird how the place still had electricity after all the years.

Dean

Thu 08-23-2007

A certain Huge grid failure comes to mind around August 14, 2002......perhaps a pigeon perched on one of those switches???

Patrick

Sun 01-27-2008

its weird how power is still on in that place.

alex

Tue 05-05-2009

That is freaky...perhaps a ghost? or paranormal energy?

TColeman

Sat 05-30-2009

rivet where ydu frdm

rivet where you from

rivet

Sun 12-20-2009

With all these switches and the extent of the control room, this structure must have been something in its heyday-very powerful!

MARIE, CMT

Mon 04-19-2010

all power statoins are on the grid from the panel it looks like the settings are in srtand by mode i sujest you dont touch any thing wires exposed are more likley to be live and remember a power station is not like house current ther up in to 100's of thousends of volts till they go to the transformer wher it is dropped can you say BBQ?

did ya push any

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Date Shot:	June 2005	Image ID#:	3537
Date Posted:	Thu, December 1st 2005	Camera:	Canon 300D Rebel

Location Name:	Eagle River Power Station
Current Status:	Abandoned
Built:	1915	Closed:	1985
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Location Age:	97 years	Abandonment:	27 years

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