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 Post subject: Cass Powerhouse
PostPosted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:51 pm 
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This is for you Mikey!

A look at the remaining machinery inside the WV Pulp and Paper Co's powerhouse in Cass, WV.

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A Hamilton Corliss-type steam engine!! It provided the power to turn the sawmill's machinery through the lineshaft visible in the first picture.

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Steam turbines and generators to make electricity:
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its too bad that mill burned...did you ride the train to bald knob?

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:13 pm 
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Thank you very much for the great photos! It looks like an impressive place.


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