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Eight generator units in the generator room of a new addition to TVA's hydroelectric plant at Wilson Dam, Sheffield vicinity, Ala. Located 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam has an authorized power installation of 288,000 kw., which from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Generator works at the winding of a generator stator in a new addition to TVA's hydroelectric plant at Wilson Dam, Sheffield vicinity, Ala. Located 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam has an authorized power installation of 288,000 k from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Section of one of the switchyards from which high tension lines carry current generated at TVA's Wilson Dam hydroelectric plant, Sheffield vicinity, Ala. Located 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam has an authorized power installatio from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
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Switchyard at TVA's Wilson Dam hydroelectric plant, vicinity of Sheffield, Ala., 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River (LOC)
- tony o said:
Transmission line towers and high tension lines that carry current generated at TVA's Wilson Dam hydroelectric plant, near Sheffield, Ala. (LOC)
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hamid_bond said:
how much tension does a Single line sustain..? what are the arrangement made in the pole to balance that tension..?
Switchyard at TVA's Wilson Dam hydroelectric plant, vicinity of Sheffield, Ala., 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River (LOC)
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Lú_ said:
This photograph is part of the (especially entertaining) Indicommons.org "across the Commons" feature Dam It!
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leoval283 said:
Lú is right: it is indeed a very entertaining feature. Go see! Especially if you don't like wet feet :-))
Generator works at the winding of a generator stator in a new addition to TVA's hydroelectric plant at Wilson Dam, Sheffield vicinity, Ala. Located 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam has an authorized power installation of 288,000 k
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cotinis said:
I'm not sure why the [sic], perhaps it is it for "stator"? Quoting Wikipedia: The stator is the stationary part of an electric generator or electric motor. The non-stationary part on an electric motor is the rotor. The stator is indeed what is shown here, as far as I can tell.
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Hans Ruijter⚡️ said:
excellent shot!