Hyde Park Factory > Building I
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Building I
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Overview:
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pair of 250kv Sturtevant generator sets were the plant workhorses until
a 1950 coal-to-oil conversion occurred. A large adjacent coal pit
was also filled in at that time. In 1972, an underground pipe burst incinerating
a boiler attendant with 600 degree F
steam. Just to the left
of the powerhouse was a Sturtevant designed Vacuum Spin Chamber,
known by workers as "The Pit". It could take wheels up
to 103" diameter. By exhausting air from this chamber, rotors
could be run at speeds necessary to prove weldments or stress of
wheel components. It was sold to Mid South Steel of Missouri after
the factory closed.
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