Sunday, May 9, 2021

Powerhouse, Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa), 1950

 


Nordberg 11-Cylinder Radial Stationary Engines at the
Aluminum Company of America installation, Port Lavaca, Texas

7 comments:

  1. I'll bet they used a lot of gasoline!

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  2. Diesel or natural gas.

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  3. geez and that poor guy with no hearing protection. Had to be deafening.

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    1. What's that you said?

      I doubt anyone wore hearing protection back in the day. I know I wish I had done it more. Now.

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    2. Same here. High pitched sounds no longer exists in my world.

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    3. High pitched sounds exist in my world, all the time.

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