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HB751656
Context View Of Powerhouse Generating Floor Showing Arrangement Of Governance Equipment In Front Of Generators At Unit 2 (foreground) And Unit 3 (background)
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HB751657
View Of Governance Equipment At Unit 3 Generator (right Background) Showing Pressure Tank (left Background), Governor Stand (center), And Sump Pump (right Foreground)
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HB751658
Detail Of Governor Stand (foreground) At Unit 3 Generator (background)
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HB751659
View Of Turbine Pit At Unit 3 Showing Servo-motor Heads (background At Center) With Piston Rods Bolted To Turbine Gate Operation Ring (center At Left And Center At Right)
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LocationPowerhouse,
Great Falls vicinity, MT
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER MT-97-A
Significance: The Great Falls Hydroelectric Facilities Historic District is significant for its association with the industrial development of Montana and the consolidation of most of Montana's electric industry into the Montana Power Company. The district is also associated with John D. Ryan, the promoter of hydroelectric development at Great Falls. The powerhouse contributes to the significance of the district as a well-preserved example of industrial architecture typical to the hydroelectric industry during the late 1910s to 1920s. The hydroelectric generating equipment installed in the powerhouse is also representative of hydroelectric plant technologies of the period.
Subjects
Powerhouses
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. CONTEXT VIEW OF POWERHOUSE GENERATING FLOOR SHOWING ARRANGEMENT OF GOVERNANCE EQUIPMENT IN FRONT OF GENERATORS AT UNIT 2 (FOREGROUND) AND UNIT 3 (BACKGROUND). VIEW TO SOUTH-SOUTHWEST.
2. VIEW OF GOVERNANCE EQUIPMENT AT UNIT 3 GENERATOR (RIGHT BACKGROUND) SHOWING PRESSURE TANK (LEFT BACKGROUND), GOVERNOR STAND (CENTER), AND SUMP PUMP (RIGHT FOREGROUND). VIEW TO SOUTHEAST.
3. DETAIL OF GOVERNOR STAND (FOREGROUND) AT UNIT 3 GENERATOR (BACKGROUND). VIEW TO EAST-NORTHEAST.
4. VIEW OF TURBINE PIT AT UNIT 3 SHOWING SERVO-MOTOR HEADS (BACKGROUND AT CENTER) WITH PISTON RODS BOLTED TO TURBINE GATE OPERATION RING (CENTER AT LEFT AND CENTER AT RIGHT). VIEW TO THE NORTH-NORTHWEST.
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