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Vintage Electric Meter Display

Polyphase Kilowatt Hour Meter (sidebar)

Sunday, October 5, 2014

Floor display of vintage commercial/industrial/residential Watt Hour, VAR, Voltmeters, Ammeters, Consumption, 3 Phase, 1 Phase revenue meters, manufactured by Sangamo, GE, Westinghouse, Reyrolle, Weston,

Categories: Instruments Collection

Tags: Meters

Turbine Blades

Several blades from Rossdale No. 8 Turbine

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

This shows how the size of the blades increases to handle the larger volume of steam as it expands while traveling thru the turbine

Categories: Power Plants Turbines Collection

Tags: Rossdale 1957 - 2008

Hydrogen Panel Display

This panel was built to simulate the hydrogen cabinet used on No. 9 and 10 Parsons generators

Thursday, August 28, 2014

The cabinet was used to control the cooling medium (hydrogen) within the Generator Consisted of 4 Gauges for: Hydrogen Temperature Seal oil pressure Hydrogen Pressure Carbon Dioxide Pressure Alarm panel Hydrogen Purity Meter Flow Meter AC and DC seal ...

Categories: Generators Power Plants Instruments Collection

Tags: Gauges Rossdale 1957 - 2008

Boiler Wall Tubes Circa 1970s

Section of boiler wall from Clover Bar

Saturday, August 9, 2014

Section of furnace wall tubes this type is known as a membrane wall as the furnace is pressurized Manufacturer Babcock and Wilcox Specifications: ...

Categories: Boilers Collection

Tags: Clover Bar

Rossdale Windows

1902

Monday, July 21, 2014

These stained glass windows are from the Edmonton Water and Light Plant, circa 1902. Edmonton's colours were maroon and ivory. Four of these windows were sold at auction in 2001. A man who lived just west of Namao had these windows which his grandfather ...

Categories: Power Plants Collection

Tags: Rossdale 1902 - 1930

Model of Rossdale Low Pressure Plant

Circa 1990

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Showing; Boiler house, Turbine hall and Electrical Switching station Model was built by the NAIT Architectural Technology Student

Categories: Power Plants Collection

Tags: Rossdale 1930 - 1955

Solid State Rectifier Reliance

Circa 1985

Friday, June 13, 2014

Used to Convert Alternating Current to Direct Current From the Edmonton 360 Sub 104 St. x 104 Ave. Supplied DC power for the operation of Edmonton's trolley Buses

Categories: Rectifiers Collection

Tags: Direct Current systems

Solid State Rectifier GE

Circa 1964

Sunday, May 25, 2014

Used to Convert Alternating Current to Direct Current From the Edmonton Transit system Supplied DC power for the operation of Edmonton's trolley Buses. Came from Man and His World Montreal Expo 67 Installed in 1978-9 at the Westwood bus barn ...

Categories: Rectifiers Collection

Tags: Direct Current systems