It’s Not a House … It’s a Home
(1937)
This is one of three single-phase transformers being installed at Amoskeag Hydro Station. Getting these 3,000-pound transformers to their new home on the opposite side of the powerhouse building was a formidable task. After removing part of the building’s brick exterior wall, workers rolled each transformer into position on railroad rails. Today, a large crane would be used to simply reach over the building to lift a transformer up and over the powerhouse. If fact, that was done in 2017, when these three were replaced with one modern three-phase transformer. The original units lasted reliably for 80 years, which is a testament to the technology and engineering capabilities of that time.
Special thanks to Bill Smagula for all the detail on this one!
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