Removing the hydraulic turbines at Livermore Falls

frenchriverland
frenchriverland Registered Users Posts: 6
Hey Guys!!

Thought you would enjoy this adventure. I sure did:

http://frenchri.ipower.com/livermore_falls.htm

William Fay PE
West Ware, MA
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  • sawmill
    sawmill Solar Expert Posts: 93 ✭✭✭
    Re: Removing the hydraulic turbines at Livermore Falls

    Thanks for posting. A great story on recycling at the extreme.
  • chevenstein
    chevenstein Solar Expert Posts: 100 ✭✭
    Re: Removing the hydraulic turbines at Livermore Falls
    Hey Guys!!

    Thought you would enjoy this adventure. I sure did:

    http://frenchri.ipower.com/livermore_falls.htm

    William Fay PE
    West Ware, MA
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    AWESOME story, thank you for sharing it. I've extracted some antique machinery and old wood and coal boilers from tricky situations and found that fun, but your project is by far the coolest "extraction" I've ever heard of.

    On a semi related note, someone is tearing up the buildings at the dam on the Quackenkill river along route 2 in Grafton NY. I don't know if it was a hydro plant or some sort of feeding station for a city water supply but it seems like your kind of thing. Even if it wasn't a power plant, if the property is available for acquisition maybe it would be worth making into a power plant.
  • BB.
    BB. Super Moderators, Administrators Posts: 33,431 admin
    Re: Removing the hydraulic turbines at Livermore Falls

    Personally, I was very happy to see half way through that this was to recover the equipment for refurbishment and installation--Instead of selling for scrap.

    :D

    -Bill
    Near San Francisco California: 3.5kWatt Grid Tied Solar power system+small backup genset
  • n3qik
    n3qik Solar Expert Posts: 741 ✭✭
    Re: Removing the hydraulic turbines at Livermore Falls

    I spent 2+ hours on their site, looking at all of what they did.