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I bet when this place was running full tilt with a crew of engineers to take care of it that it was immaculate. I imagine it was a gorgeous sight with these engines and that red brick/tile floor.
Andy
Sat 11-06-2010
I'd like to see the lower level, down below these beasts. Usually that's where the ancillary equipment was located....like oil filters, fuel/steam piping etc.
Junkyardave
Sat 11-06-2010
Did you come up that passage? or, possibly go down it?
LucieLou
Sat 11-06-2010
Yeah I scoped it out, it was a crouching space that accessed the engines from underneath; I remember a basement-like area under that space, but it was flooded with a few feet of water.
Motts
Sun 11-07-2010
Thank you for your comment Motts, I knew you would leave no stone left unturned :)
LucieLou
Sun 11-07-2010
Battleship gray paint, Safety Yellow, Gloss Black, and plenty of Johnson's floor wax! When I was a "Motor Inspector", Substations and Motor rooms were kept quite clean. Strict enforcement! You better wipe your feet. If you scratched a pipe with a wrench, you repainted it. A motor room was a thing of beauty. Makes me sad to see them like this, but it was worse watching ones get demolished. That would make you cry.
MY substation was demolished while I watched in horror. Never have gotten over it. I've never been the same since.
Electrical Dave
Sat 11-26-2011

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