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AirDancer said:
What a truly beautiful tribute to Big Blue et al, Jason!

Thank you for sharing it here. It brought tears as I listened to the Ode ... your words were heart-felt and spoke the salute you were giving the plant.

All the pictures are lovely as well.
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four pumps are gone near that dock. I also remember the plant always was running.
 
I spent an hour out there getting the photos and video.The best pic is the one where big blue is black.she is viewed from east.
 
Cooling tower ,which I posted being dismantled. I will post the pre demo photos.I'm glad I spent two hours getting photos of her months ago.I have a few more to shoot way south.probably a mile or more south.
 
jasonc said:
Cooling tower ,which I posted being dismantled. I will post the pre demo photos.I'm glad I spent two hours getting photos of her months ago.I have a few more to shoot way south.probably a mile or more south.
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I'm glad you got the pictures months ago as well. The before and the after ....
 
Jeff little,told me the boiler set up.This plant was tied into Ft pierce directly after Hurricane David as they couldn't restart the plant and had to use the old diesel plant to fire up big blue.This was in 1979.The ft pierce plant was razed about a decade ago,and ironically they man the FMPA plant.The tie in room is still there in big blue.big blue has restarted the twin,it had in Fort Pierce. It on the exterior looked the sane but inside it wasnt.Big blue also was the only plant that could start off the grid it's on in the region. The cng turbine has an electric start .
 
jasonc said:
Jeff little,told me the boiler set up.This plant was tied into Ft pierce directly after Hurricane David as they couldn't restart the plant and had to use the old diesel plant to fire up big blue.This was in 1979.The ft pierce plant was razed about a decade ago,and ironically they man the FMPA plant.The tie in room is still there in big blue.big blue has restarted the twin,it had in Fort Pierce. It on the exterior looked the sane but inside it wasnt.Big blue also was the only plant that could start off the grid it's on in the region. The cng turbine has an electric start .
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They should have turned Big Blue and its building into a museum, a salute to the past.
 
AirDancer said:
They should have turned Big Blue and its building into a museum, a salute to the past.
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It's not going down any time soon.I know they will gut the main edifice, but it will still stand along with the switches out front.

I may resuggest the marker.Fpls first plant way north,built about the sane time as the old diesel plant still stands.Like Vero electric they sold Ice as well.
 
AirDancer said:
Sounds like your area is having financial problems like many others. Spending priorities have been so skewed that the list of what needs to be done becomes ridiculous.

Politicians like to spend our tax dollars on new projects, without a care about what must be maintained.
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Not going into the rant I might have posted in that video.

Get this .they didn't maintain the grid as they ought as they want to sell it.the transfer switch and substation has parts predating big blue!

Yet the locals want it both ways.oh wait till they loose power and have to cycle power usage until the Ouc can handle.big blue sat idle and was operational when a power outage of 75 percent of the grid occured and two options were available .fire up the Gifford substation or Big Blue.
 
jasonc said:
Not going into the rant I might have posted in that video.

Get this .they didn't maintain the grid as they ought as they want to sell it.the transfer switch and substation has parts predating big blue!

Yet the locals want it both ways.oh wait till they loose power and have to cycle power usage until the Ouc can handle.big blue sat idle and was operational when a power outage of 75 percent of the grid occured and two options were available .fire up the Gifford substation or Big Blue.
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I understand about the grid not being maintained properly.

In the early 90s, an ice storm hit the area in which I lived at the time. Over 75% of the city lost power....some for over 2 weeks! Reason? Power lines weren't properly maintained. The crews that traveled to my area to lend a helping hand during the ice disaster were asked to 'donate' new power lines & transformers. Talk about ridiculous! The power company, which charged a pretty penny for their service, couldn't be bothered to update & repair where needed.
 
The bathhouse isn't that old. I'm older then that, but given its appearance it's a darn good job in how they matched it to the home.
 
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