Below are photo's of Pine Street Station circa 1939.
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This is an image of Pine Street Station from the corner of North Front and Pine Streets. Number 4 unit had not yet been installed in this photo. |
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This is a photo of the turbine room. Pictured from the back is Unit #1 and towards the from is unit #3. All of these units have been retired and removed along with unit #4, which in not pictured. Units 1, 2 and 3 were sold for scrap, and unit 4 was sold to a paper plant in South America. |
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This is a view of the air ejector and hogger for the condenser (above) and a feed water heater (below) for #3 unit, located in the basement. |
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This is a view of the control board for the generators and the master switch board for electric power distribution through out Grand Island. |
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This is an image of #3 boiler. At this time there were three separate boiler in the station. This boiler could supply steam for all three turbines and steam to heat buildings in downtown Grand Island. Pictured is the boiler control panel (front bottom) and the boiler filling the back ground. Total height of the boiler was about three to four stories. Boilers #1, 2 and 3 used natural gas, oil and coal. All the boilers have been retired and scraped. |
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This is a photo of the bottom of #3 boiler. In the middle is the ash hopper on the bottom of boiler. Ash was scooped out by hand and wheel borrowed to a storage pit. To the right is a ball mill for grinding coal. To the left is a feed water heater. |
Photo's on this page are complements of GIUD Burdick Lead Operator Mike Larson and are reproduced from a City of Grand Island publication commemorating the completion of the New City Hall in 1939.
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