And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Saturday, January 24, 2026
Stumpsmasher said, "The steam turbine is a GE D11. 320 megawatt unit at the combined cycle power plant I operate. We had it apart for an overhaul this spring.
Though I would know nothing about how it works I would love to see that up close. Any kind of machine is fascinating to me especially something like that.
Nice. I used to work for Alstom's Power and Grid in Switzerland before the GE take over back in 2015. We built the GT24 and GT26. Good times!
ReplyDeleteAnd that my good friends is how you maintain a stable electric grid.
ReplyDeleteThough I would know nothing about how it works I would love to see that up close. Any kind of machine is fascinating to me especially something like that.
ReplyDeleteSteamed the last steam powered Adams class destroyers. Fun times!
ReplyDeleteWould love to work on something like this instead of these darn Legos.
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