Abandoned power station

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  • Опубликовано: 30 окт 2024

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  • @mystiquemelon7044
    @mystiquemelon7044 10 лет назад +17

    The humming is making making me think some of it is still In use

  • @techdavey3486
    @techdavey3486 10 лет назад +10

    I have driven similar engines although they were the six cylinder English Electric L6 type rated at 750 BHP at 300 rpm. 500KW per set were generated. The hard part was pumping-up the lubricating oil to the bearings before starting. One had to get it up to 10 psi by hand with a semi-rotary hand-pump and this required great effort. Once the oil had got to the bearings it was OK to apply the 300 psi compressed air to start it. Done this way the engines lasted for many decades and in actual fact they never wore out as they were standby sets. At another place the staff were lazy and didn't bother to prime-up the oil. The result was that tremendous damage occurred. We were all outraged and said that the cost of the repairs ought to be taken out of their wages! The crankshafts weighed about seven tons and the flywheels about five so turning twelve tons without any oil would be disastrous for the bearings and this was in fact the case. Another place had engines that had starter motors rather like a car. With these starter motors they were forever buying new pinions as it was a poor design. Possibly decompressing the cylinders for starting would have been a good idea. Unfortunately there was atrocious management at that place so nothing was ever done (any ideas not thought up by the boss were by definition no good!). It is so difficult to get the right staff!

    • @lewiemcneely9143
      @lewiemcneely9143 8 лет назад +1

      +Tech Davey Caterpillar is providing automatic pre-lube pumps on their quarry trucks. I have seen add-on kits for these in magazines for years. It's a good idea. The Cat pumps would build pressure and then energise the starters. Good system and worked well.

  • @whorayful
    @whorayful 11 лет назад +2

    If you listen carefully at the end of the video you can just hear another diesel station throbbing in the background. Countryside looks abit Northern Territory to me, perhaps Alice Springs? Excellent video job by the way, nice controlled use of the zoom and no whiplash from sudden moves. Cheers. Ray.

  • @ryan6920s
    @ryan6920s 9 лет назад +8

    Great video, i have a strange appreciation for old things like this, especially those engines!! well done!

    • @rustymotor
      @rustymotor  9 лет назад +4

      Ryan Adams Thanks for commenting! It sure is an interesting Industrial site and luckily so far has escaped the creative efforts of Vandals to mess things up. The old engines would still run after a little bit of maintenance and fresh Diesel, the place was basically shut down after a switch board fire possibly as a result of snake intrusion over live terminals. The cost of replacing the wiring and switch gear is not economically viable so now the future of that site is undecided, hopefully it wont end up as scrap.

    • @ryan6920s
      @ryan6920s 9 лет назад +1

      No problem! That is interesting, shows how something little can stop everything! Hopefully the viable machinery and parts will go to good use and not just to scrap!

    • @brotherfiretribe9566
      @brotherfiretribe9566 9 лет назад

      +rustymotor ww2? australia? i see no connection whatsoever

  • @steamwally
    @steamwally 11 лет назад +5

    If I close my eyes I can just hear the sound of those old diesel engines thundering along, spine tingling!
    What a shame it's all silent but what a fascinating place, a time warp. I like the grid sync' equipment, very nice.

  • @flaplaya
    @flaplaya 8 лет назад +1

    I take it all the main step-up transformers are long gone or maybe this plant generated and fed directly to the grid. Sweet old plant. For some reason I've always loved heavy industry and especially power plants. Thanks for the tour preserving this piece of history.

  • @uhrbexer9134
    @uhrbexer9134 11 месяцев назад +1

    Would have loved to see the inside of the Wesinghouse Rectifiers. Quite sure Mercury Tubes, maybe even the very old version with a lake of Mercury in the size of liters.

  • @michaelzehrfeld7766
    @michaelzehrfeld7766 9 лет назад +1

    Phantastic tour through this station....thank you!

  • @keithglaysher737
    @keithglaysher737 6 лет назад +3

    Great video mate! All old Brit engines & associated gear. I see comments about getting it running again & look outside & see the reason why the failure happened with load miscalculation causing a major fire in the outgoing cables by the looks of it. You may know different but the same sort of thing happened here in pomland with overdevelopment due to some wreckless planning & subsequent failure of infrastructure also the windfarts & solarmongers are at work missing one fact. You cant make the wind blow or the sun to shine when you most need it. You can always repair diesels & fit new cable runs & run em on gas though. End of rant!

  • @HDXFH
    @HDXFH 11 лет назад +7

    Man I'd love a place like that!!

  • @rustymotor
    @rustymotor  11 лет назад +1

    Hi RODALCO, I like your vids and you came to mind when I decided to make up this vid. That old station is a paradise for High voltage enthusiests like you, I imagine you would love to spend many hours exploring all the cool stuff. Its also amazing how much wildlife that has moved into the area, completely undisturbed. Cheers, Ian

  • @rupe53
    @rupe53 4 года назад

    There is a plant like this not far from my house but it got closed down about 40 years ago because it was unable to meet clean air standards here in the states. Most of the equipment dated back to the 30s when we first went to 60Hz power. The plant now buys power from the grid for local distribution, but the old diesels are still there.

  • @RODALCO2007
    @RODALCO2007 11 лет назад

    Absolute Heaven, Can hear the diesels in the background throughout the whole video. Frequency meter shows 52 Hz
    Motor rev meter 428 revs. Love the old gauges and machinery.
    Nice to see Skippy at the end. Great video.

  • @generatorjohn4537
    @generatorjohn4537 3 года назад

    The equipment in this station was built to last a very long time. Some of those meters, relay, etc. are probably still functional with a little TLC. Sad to see this place abandoned.
    Thanks for sharing.

  • @WiIdbiII
    @WiIdbiII 10 лет назад +3

    It's a beautiful old plant. I kept wondering where it was through the vid. That kangaroo in the end answered the question. Thanks for giving us a look.

    • @villiersman951
      @villiersman951 4 года назад

      i reckon its in the nt or sa

    • @robertreite4630
      @robertreite4630 3 года назад

      I just started watching without looking at the description. I wondered where it was. First hint. Frequency meters with mid scale at 50 Hz, so that ruled out the US. I was figuring somewhere in the UK as signs were in English. Then the shot of the kangaroo proved it to be Australia. I figured it was abandoned because diesel fuel got to be too expensive to make it worth while.

  • @DyoKasparov
    @DyoKasparov 10 лет назад +13

    Turn it on.

  • @SOU6900
    @SOU6900 3 года назад +1

    Looks like they still keep it somewhat maintained. I mean I cant help but notice the relatively new smoke detectors and wiring for them, along with the new looking out of service tags on the electrical panels.

  • @davidmurphy4550
    @davidmurphy4550 8 лет назад

    what a beautiful old relic thank you for sharing it

  • @KornflakezRandomStuff
    @KornflakezRandomStuff 10 лет назад +3

    Awesome old power plant site ! Nice Video, thanks for sharing :)

  • @ivic1112
    @ivic1112 8 лет назад +1

    Whith some maintanance,like gauges and cleaning the contactors,changing some bearings....who knows,maybe it can start again.Would love to see it in full action :O

  • @r3tr0nic
    @r3tr0nic 8 лет назад

    Cool, I reckon its actually quite nice seeing these videos with no voices, no music and etc. Gives the viewers the opportunity to analyse the scenery and make their own observations *^_^*
    Was not bang on obvious where this was in the beginning, but was clued in with stronger hints from start to end.
    Starting with
    @0:11 - 11kV
    @0:35 - Green medical kit
    @0:40, @2:52 the multiple 50Hz instruments
    @1:42 Colour of the three phase busses (old colours)
    @3:06 Green colour exit sign
    @4:33 metric pressure measurements
    @5:38 Fire point
    @6:23 water heaters being outside
    @8:58 (Clipsal?) double mech wall plate with switch and lamp mechs
    Admittedly some of those would only be recognisable by Aussies/tradies, but the Roo at the end deffo seals the deal.
    Thanks for posting, and thanks to whomever owns (or is authorised to control the premises) for allowing the entry and filming!

  • @allanwhite8422
    @allanwhite8422 8 лет назад +1

    Interesting, much of my life's work was in power stations, recognise every thing in your video. At the end the current diesel power station can be heard running, my guess is Katherine in the NT.

  • @lewiemcneely9143
    @lewiemcneely9143 9 лет назад

    Sounded like an E.M.D. churning in the background. VERY good job!

  • @krz8888888
    @krz8888888 3 года назад

    Looks serviceable, fire it up!

  • @marcshark87
    @marcshark87 11 лет назад

    Would love to have some of the old gauges for my collection. Some of those things can be worth alot to collectors.

  • @rwhb1
    @rwhb1 8 лет назад +1

    What great British engineering. Should be turned into a education for young engineers. Would not the bearings be damaged due to brunelling?

  • @zerarita
    @zerarita 11 лет назад

    Looks like the the power house I use to work , brings back memories . The site is also perfect for a zombie movie .

  • @MrRichard57000
    @MrRichard57000 9 лет назад

    good video,love the frankenstein switches and gauges.

  • @workonitm8
    @workonitm8 10 лет назад

    Some of the old equipment was WESTINGHOUSE. I worked for W until they sold to Siemens. Wound many motors and generators during my time there.

  • @wolfcatsden
    @wolfcatsden 4 года назад +1

    it would of been neat to restore what was needed and runs this an running museum. any powers could be sold back into the grid to keep the place funded

  • @hiteck007
    @hiteck007 5 лет назад

    That place is in exceptionel condition for its age. Wish i could see that in person. I hope it gets saved

  • @UQRXD
    @UQRXD 2 года назад

    The second I saw Do Not Start, my brain said they must be started.

  • @jamesheina496
    @jamesheina496 10 лет назад +4

    Those are not cheap engines can't believe that they where just abandoned... they could have been sold or auction off along with related eqipment

    • @rustymotor
      @rustymotor  10 лет назад +1

      I am not sure of the sites future, there was talk of preserving the site however some of the walls are unstable which would be a costly repair. Possibly the site may end up being torn down.

  • @MoosesValley
    @MoosesValley 4 года назад +2

    So many beautiful guages ... and the entire place is in such great condition. Wonderful to finally see a site that copper scrappers and idiot vandals have not destroyed. Nice red roo at the end. :)

  • @mustange550
    @mustange550 10 лет назад +1

    Love the video.

  • @joycethomas8868
    @joycethomas8868 3 года назад +1

    When you film, don’t just pan past the gauges, stop for at least a second on the gauge so we can read it and see what it does. Same goes for any equipment, panning past shows us nothing. Other than that, nice video.

  • @rupert5390
    @rupert5390 8 лет назад

    fantastic bit of mechanical history

  • @coshyno
    @coshyno 6 лет назад +2

    BETTER BE SAVED

  • @exoticunderdog7769
    @exoticunderdog7769 8 лет назад

    Toxic oil not good for humans and living things. But probly cranks over 3 vettes synchronized. Crazy horse power. Love it tho.

  • @joohop
    @joohop 10 лет назад

    brilliant vid rusty cheers

  • @billmoran3812
    @billmoran3812 8 лет назад

    Looks like 1950's vintage. British diesels Mirrlee's. The old instruments are worth salvaging for collector value. Everything else is scrap. Problem is most likely the site is so polluted that it's not worth int

  • @RJones112538
    @RJones112538 7 лет назад +1

    I used to work in a power plant like this in Hawaii....mid 80's. We would demagnetize ships with them.....

    • @mman454
      @mman454 7 лет назад

      Rick Jones Sounds pretty neat! What do you mean by demagnetize the ships? Like causing their compasses to freak out or is that some actual process the ships are put through?

    • @RJones112538
      @RJones112538 7 лет назад +1

      We would wrap the vessel in these heavy duty cable, put electrical current thru them and set the magnetic signature of the vessel according to its mission.....kind of like take a piece of steel bar...wrap it with wire, then connect the wires to a battery...and it makes a magnet.....like in science class....I took care of the engines supplying the electricity for this service.....I don't understand how it all works but it was a rewarding job....and I enjoyed my time there.

    • @mman454
      @mman454 7 лет назад

      Rick Jones Wait, did they call this process called degaussing where you worked?

    • @RJones112538
      @RJones112538 7 лет назад

      yes......Or it was called Magnetic Silencing Facility...

  • @arthurmario5996
    @arthurmario5996 5 лет назад

    I would love to sneak in and try to start one! (It might not be that hard w basic diesel knowledge)

  • @davida1hiwaaynet
    @davida1hiwaaynet 11 лет назад

    Awesome old power station. I love seeing these old places. What a shame about the switchboard fire. It surprises me they would decommission a station because of that. There must have also been a newer stataion nearby or some other reason to mothball it.
    Do you have any idea when the last time the engines were running?

  • @deathkeys1
    @deathkeys1 10 лет назад

    I could set up a secret lab in there, looks great!

  • @stephencarey5240
    @stephencarey5240 10 лет назад +2

    Sweet video

  • @paul19067
    @paul19067 10 лет назад +1

    Wow, think of all that copper scrap that could be harvested

  • @bobl78
    @bobl78 8 лет назад +1

    wow, very interesting..but why isn´t it demolished and removed ? I think These transformers are still full of toxic oil containing PCB that was used back then

  • @iw3ioj
    @iw3ioj 11 лет назад

    fantastic place!!!!!!!

  • @cameronwright8634
    @cameronwright8634 9 лет назад

    Love this. Was that black object some sort of siren or alarm, and out of service tags? Really?

  • @antjord1
    @antjord1 10 лет назад

    What a great video !

  • @victoryfirst2878
    @victoryfirst2878 7 лет назад

    Where is this location ????? Really good video for sure !!!!!!!!!

  • @edpatt1
    @edpatt1 9 лет назад

    I'd like to see a place like this in operation during a natural disaster

  • @thieltech1
    @thieltech1 8 лет назад

    awesome

  • @cowtippingrocks
    @cowtippingrocks 11 лет назад

    that's interesting! I wonder how many megawatts it produced.

  • @nfsking2000
    @nfsking2000 7 лет назад

    The thing at 0:58 is an automatic voltage regulator (BBC).

  • @mrjn5786
    @mrjn5786 8 лет назад

    people very smart before how they build the power plant like this. im just sad because they dont support maintainance to keep it run. :(

  • @lebrassedidier8258
    @lebrassedidier8258 6 лет назад

    Great and must make it a musuem:)

  • @Footrotflats251
    @Footrotflats251 10 лет назад

    2:59 what are the power meters for?

  • @kieronbower8549
    @kieronbower8549 4 года назад

    Theres still a diesel running there somewhere. I can hear it

  • @wimalasenawijethunga1668
    @wimalasenawijethunga1668 2 года назад

    Good video 👍

  • @mrpenguin2676
    @mrpenguin2676 8 лет назад +1

    There are other knockings in the site,maybe someone else is there

  • @KuntalGhosh
    @KuntalGhosh 4 года назад

    Donate this to Africa! They need power!

  • @kylelewis6603
    @kylelewis6603 2 года назад

    Lets start it up.

  • @scottso241
    @scottso241 8 лет назад +1

    wish you where able to crank it up. turn it on another words

  • @adearthical
    @adearthical 11 лет назад

    The camera you used with the roadkill and crows wasn't available for this footage, ay?

  • @765kvline
    @765kvline 9 лет назад

    What is the location of this plant and who owns it?

    • @jhettish
      @jhettish 8 лет назад +1

      +765kvline The pant is obviously in Australia or the animal seen running away in the last little bit of video was a very large two-legged rat. I was intrigued with the crates, still sealed. Makes me wonder it they were full of repair parts never used. There were paint marks at 50 hz on the more modern meters. Meters after 1970 would be labeled "HZ" while earlier meters would be marked "Cycles", which is in reality what the sine waves really are, cycles per second. Some day some guy named Jones will come up with a measurement for a natural phenomena and ever after that unit of measurements will be called "Jones(s)"

  • @zordmaker
    @zordmaker 11 лет назад

    Location? (not exactly, just which part of the world)

  • @MRRARK1970
    @MRRARK1970 11 лет назад

    Where is this power station please?

  • @diego.e.a
    @diego.e.a 10 лет назад

    kangaroo jack was stalking you O.o

  • @MasterBaker2020
    @MasterBaker2020 9 лет назад

    I have seen engines like those run. They suck diesel oil like no tomorrow

  • @rubber20021
    @rubber20021 11 лет назад

    Hard to believe its not functioning~!

  • @jamesheina496
    @jamesheina496 10 лет назад

    Possibly natural gas too

  • @ericmoeller3634
    @ericmoeller3634 2 года назад

    oh Australia i was thinking the UK cause the speed limit sign then the kangaroo

  • @papabits5721
    @papabits5721 4 года назад

    There’s enough copper in there to make someone fat and happy

  • @albertcarpentercats
    @albertcarpentercats 7 лет назад

    How about a abandon tv and radio station.

  • @madhusudanpandey5871
    @madhusudanpandey5871 4 года назад

    Why was it abandoned?

  • @rustymotor
    @rustymotor  11 лет назад +1

    Hi there, location Northern Territory, Australia

  • @robertfeeley9738
    @robertfeeley9738 2 года назад

    50 cycle?16 Pole?

  • @rupert5390
    @rupert5390 8 лет назад

    are you abel to say where this power station is -

  • @albertcarpentercats
    @albertcarpentercats 7 лет назад

    How about abandon old computer rooms.

  • @papabits5721
    @papabits5721 4 года назад

    So the kangaroo means it’s somewhere in New York State?

  • @Redavisunwind
    @Redavisunwind 2 года назад

    I thought power was output at 60 hz.

    • @uhrbexer9134
      @uhrbexer9134 11 месяцев назад

      Not in civilised countries. :)

  • @ramo7963
    @ramo7963 7 лет назад

    sa pourrait faire un musé !! dommage !

  • @donnaperry1654
    @donnaperry1654 2 года назад

    Is the place haunted?

  • @davidstoker6665
    @davidstoker6665 8 лет назад

    Why not try to start one I couldn't help my self I would

  • @benguthrie3286
    @benguthrie3286 8 лет назад

    you should have started the machines

    • @claybornlewis276
      @claybornlewis276 8 лет назад

      some torches in a flatbed truck I would take the whole plant to the scrap yard lots of money in scrap there all those old gauges fueled by those to make steampunk flights out of lots of money in scrap in that place some Backwoods piece of shit country would probably buy those big diesel generators

    • @rupert5390
      @rupert5390 8 лет назад +1

      you're an idiot - you'd scrap these fantastic machines - moron

    • @stonenpebble
      @stonenpebble 7 лет назад

      clayborn Lewis people like you, greedy tossers just see money instead of history and gladly scrap the lot. irreplaceable engines right there

  • @coopertommawaski1071
    @coopertommawaski1071 8 лет назад

    Urban people was the guys that took this then stolen from my channel this guy did not do this

  • @kieronbower8549
    @kieronbower8549 4 года назад

    A verry old looking alfa laval

  • @Kohlberger91
    @Kohlberger91 9 лет назад

    Hello, is in the US??? by 2:51 is 50Hz. in the USA is 60Hz not 50Hz ;) in Europe is 50 Hz! sorry I do not understand:/ ask for enlghtenment. Thank you. Sorry my English is not good, i come from Bavaria by Germany and Austria ;)

  • @gregcarney3820
    @gregcarney3820 7 лет назад

    i can get off,watching a turbine?

  • @nfsking2000
    @nfsking2000 7 лет назад

    I would love to get my hands on these voltmeters and others.