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Inside the Power Plant, Part II

Power plant interior construction 1912You know, I’ve been doing this for several years now and I’m still frequently surprised at what you people like. Yesterday’s interior shot of the power plant drew numerous demands for more, so what the heck, here you go. I don’t know a whole lot about this, but I do have some very good photographs of the various machinery.

Part of the reason I had trouble finding an image with the trolley for the bridge crane is that (starting with construction, as in the picture above) photographers tended to be fascinated with one particular view:

There are a lot of pictures of this. It’s the Lovett Hall of power plant photographs, the thing you pose in front of:


But there are a few more:

I have, as I noted, little to no idea what any of this is or how it works, but I do know enough to be really interested in the various light fixtures you can see when you zoom in on these. As always, your thoughts are welcome.

Bonus: Sunset over the stadium parking lot, yesterday evening. Courtesy of loyal reader John Wolda.

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