If you want to see a power plant similar to this still operating I’d suggest checking out University of Missouris, it’s been retrofitted and added onto a dozen or more times in its 100+ year life but it’s still such a cool building.
I worked for 34 years in Los Angeles DWP electricity generating station with most of those years as an operator. I recognize a lot of the gauges, charts, and switches. I even noticed the synchroscopes which were used to synchronize generators to the line. The equipment in this Art Deco Power Plant appears to be from the 1940s and 1950s. Power Plants built in the 21st century are very different than these Old Power Plants. In the control rooms of new Electricity Generating Stations there are a number of computers, computer keyboards, computer mice and a number of large computer screens. There are no gauges, no switches, no charts. In the newest generating stations it looks like everything is run from computers.
@@davidgrisez It's a shame that power station will never be designed this way again. The amount of thought and effort put into a building that is only designed for generating electricity is why I find them so fascinating. Newer plants provide much higher output and will much more efficiency, but something is lost. A good comparison is a raw classic car to a modern hybrid
@@Abandoned_480p The last set of units I operated was Scattergood Generating Station units 1 and 2. Both of these units were built in the late 1950s. These units had a mixture of old Bailey Meter Controls mixed with newer digital electronic controls that included a computer screens for running the Selective Catalytic Reduction device and the Auxiliary Steam to Hyperion Water Treatment Plant that was added around the year 2000. Also on the Control Board two old Bailey Meter Selectors were replaced with electronic controllers built by Yokogawa Company of Japan. One of the Control Technicians told me that he had to program slowness into the Yokogawa Controls, because the the Yokogawa Controls operated at the speed of light, while the old Bailey Pneumatic Controls operated at the speed of sound.
@@davidgrisez I love finding old bailey meters, they tend to have a lot of them in old boiler house control rooms and on guage panels that are detached from turbines from my experiences. I genuinely enjoy the insight, hope to hear more on future power plant videos 🤟
Very cool your VX2000. I can't afford any VX2000/2100 or dvcam PDs because too expensive and hard to find in my country, at least i have a HDR FX1E that was way cheaper and i can record either in SD 4:3 or in HDV 1080i. Tbh most of the times i will be just recording in it's SD 4:3 mode more than the HDV 1080i mode also because when deinterlacing it takes way less time in my computer with SD content and i like SD 4:3 more for the same reason you use your VX2000 for your videos.
@@Joscraft_05The best camera is the one you enjoy using the most. I am very much stuck in my ways if I am still using mini dv tapes in 2024 haha. Wouldn't have it any other way.
@@Abandoned_480p Makes sense, could be a mess if dozens or hundreds of people showed up to places like that. From what I can tell, it looks like they explosively imploded the building recently... unless I found a similar looking place in Ohio...A shame if you ask me.
@@askme9606 I agree. Makes me wonder if any of these will ever end up being preserved. At least they will live on, in some way through peoples photos and videos 🤷♂️
If you want to see a power plant similar to this still operating I’d suggest checking out University of Missouris, it’s been retrofitted and added onto a dozen or more times in its 100+ year life but it’s still such a cool building.
comme toujours, c'est si triste de voir des anciennes power plant disparaître par la destruction... cela me rends toujours très triste.
I agree. Could at least save a few and turn them into museums. Part of the reason I explore them so often now.
Those rays coming into the turbine hall is amazing.
@@tarrynhutt A lot of it is smoke from the generators, but it does have an awesome effect
I worked for 34 years in Los Angeles DWP electricity generating station with most of those years as an operator. I recognize a lot of the gauges, charts, and switches. I even noticed the synchroscopes which were used to synchronize generators to the line. The equipment in this Art Deco Power Plant appears to be from the 1940s and 1950s. Power Plants built in the 21st century are very different than these Old Power Plants. In the control rooms of new Electricity Generating Stations there are a number of computers, computer keyboards, computer mice and a number of large computer screens. There are no gauges, no switches, no charts. In the newest generating stations it looks like everything is run from computers.
@@davidgrisez It's a shame that power station will never be designed this way again. The amount of thought and effort put into a building that is only designed for generating electricity is why I find them so fascinating. Newer plants provide much higher output and will much more efficiency, but something is lost. A good comparison is a raw classic car to a modern hybrid
@@Abandoned_480p The last set of units I operated was Scattergood Generating Station units 1 and 2. Both of these units were built in the late 1950s. These units had a mixture of old Bailey Meter Controls mixed with newer digital electronic controls that included a computer screens for running the Selective Catalytic Reduction device and the Auxiliary Steam to Hyperion Water Treatment Plant that was added around the year 2000. Also on the Control Board two old Bailey Meter Selectors were replaced with electronic controllers built by Yokogawa Company of Japan. One of the Control Technicians told me that he had to program slowness into the Yokogawa Controls, because the the Yokogawa Controls operated at the speed of light, while the old Bailey Pneumatic Controls operated at the speed of sound.
@@davidgrisez I love finding old bailey meters, they tend to have a lot of them in old boiler house control rooms and on guage panels that are detached from turbines from my experiences. I genuinely enjoy the insight, hope to hear more on future power plant videos 🤟
Very pretty building
@@thebko7501 I know.. one of my favorites of all time. Was a little late but still so happy I got to see it mostly intact. Should have been saved :(
Very cool your VX2000. I can't afford any VX2000/2100 or dvcam PDs because too expensive and hard to find in my country, at least i have a HDR FX1E that was way cheaper and i can record either in SD 4:3 or in HDV 1080i.
Tbh most of the times i will be just recording in it's SD 4:3 mode more than the HDV 1080i mode also because when deinterlacing it takes way less time in my computer with SD content and i like SD 4:3 more for the same reason you use your VX2000 for your videos.
@@Joscraft_05The best camera is the one you enjoy using the most. I am very much stuck in my ways if I am still using mini dv tapes in 2024 haha. Wouldn't have it any other way.
If its getting demolitioned how come turbines still have power and make noise? Does it still operate during demolition?
@@norbkowa The turbines were decomissioned long ago. The sound and power is coming from the demo companys generators
@@Abandoned_480pthats what i thought but the lights over turbines and noise confused me a little.
Where is that plant located?
@@askme9606 Normally I keep locations undisclosed, but considering demolition is well underway. It's in Ohio
@@Abandoned_480p Makes sense, could be a mess if dozens or hundreds of people showed up to places like that. From what I can tell, it looks like they explosively imploded the building recently... unless I found a similar looking place in Ohio...A shame if you ask me.
@@askme9606 I agree. Makes me wonder if any of these will ever end up being preserved. At least they will live on, in some way through peoples photos and videos 🤷♂️
If only you talked less and filmed in 4k. Do better…
@@BobbyWnhrdt Hahaha hey buddy. Dang next time ill use sign language and an 8k cinema camera
@@Abandoned_480pThankyou!
@@Abandoned_480pThankyou, much appreciated
@@BobbyWnhrdt 🤣🤣
@@Abandoned_480p the talking nonstop thing really is a common complaint for a reason. People love their kino quiet exploration videos, I know I do.