Posted by Adirondack case guy on April 12, 2010 at 15:36:03 from (74.65.115.27):
I had to meet with a lady today, to access a site to determine how she could produce electricity. She had told me that she owned an abandoned Hydro Plant. After a 5mile drive down a dirt road I came to her place. She is an "off grider" I was quite excited to see the old power house, so down the trail on foot we went. We came to to a large stream and proceeded along a path until we came to a very large tyle block building. The building was abandoned in 1948. In the center of the building was around concrete silo like hole in the floor about 14' in diamiter, The 4' cast penstock pipe protruded through the back wall' and a set of rails were imbedded in the floor and ran out through where a large door had been.Presume a large lifting divice ran on these rails. the tail raceway dropped down the center of the runner wheel. and dumped back into the stream. My problem was there was no water flowing through the building.So I asked how the water got in to feed the turbine and she pointed to the disconected penstock. She said the penstock went up a steep bank about 150' to a point behind the original caretakers house, Her father went on to tell me that the water flowed 4.5 miles through a 6' diamiter wooden pipe connecting to a man made dam, built to supply the water.Mind boggling considering this power station was built in early 1900s and this aquaduct followed a man made path simular to a railroad bed.(see pic. with the wooden cradles setting on concrete footings). I did however find a spot up stream to install a modern day hydro unit.
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