1940 Weatherford, Texas Municipal Power Plant Fairbanks-Morse
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- On May 10, 2014 members of the Granbury Flywheelers, EDGTA Branch 43 Granbury, Texas, toured the municipal power plant for City Of Weatherford Texas. Placed online in 1940 it replaced a series of other power plants with, at the time, modern equipment. It is a preserved product example of heavy American industry that is growing more scarce. Due to EPA restrictions and available grid power, it is only used as standby power and sometimes in a load peaking capacity. This is a compilation of the day's activities.
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I remember that building. Sadly, it no longer stands in 2021, the building was demolished and the engines were scrapped. This building once stood on the east side of the train tracks next to US Highway 180. In front of the plant was it old green horse drawn road grader, and a little white tractor on display now this has all faded into a memory.
Wow it's still connected to the grid and able to supply emergency or supplementary power if needed? That's AWESOME!
How much klotz super techiplate 2 stroke oi could it go through at full load.
@@jlo13800 a barrel, if u buy it.
80 + yrs old and still going 🙂👍
Good backup for power
Well the time has come to say goodbye . As of the last week of October 2019, th city of Weatherford is moving forward with plans to tear down the power plant. I am told they want to sell the engines but times short. More info as I get it.
I work at a modern version of this plant in Denton and would kill to be able and see this awsome facility
They destroyed them with an excavator and torches
Leveled the building this year. Destroyed the engines :(
are those 32E ?
michael king I think they are but I'm not certain.
What 2 stroke oil are they running? Is it TCW3?
Надёжный и простой двигатель в котором нечему ломаться
What a shame. Even the building was beautiful with those large windows and 1940 style. The world is getting more sterile and less interesting.
True enough. Virtually all of the principal Weatherford officials that destroyed the light plant are no longer with the city.
Speculation with some residents said the then city manager and destruction contractor had an undue cozy relationship. No telling exactly what that meant.
As of 10:00 AM Central Time Friday, March 6, 2020 the Weatherford, Texas 1940 Power Plant seen in this video will meet the wrecking ball. I have been told only one of the Model32 6 cylinder engines has been saved. A dark day for preservation.
LineshaftRestorations, an absolute shame, complete waste of a working facility. No doubt put forward by some short sighted bureaucrats with no idea beyond worthless paperwork
oh great knock something down that could bring some much needed revenue to our drying up small Texas towns !
I feel your pain. The coal-fired power plant I worked at for 22+ years is gone. Units were installed between 1941 and 1954, with the first unit closures effective 1995. Final closure was 2014, and demolition completed 2016. It's always a shame to see that beautiful old iron wiped out.
Yep. Leveled and destroyed :(
This would have come in handy during the deep freeze! Shame to see old industry destroyed.
Im an engineer and this is SERIOUS engine porn! BEAUTIFUL 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
wow, they look very clean and it´s amazing that they´re still running live every now and then... let´s see if a modern Caterpillar engine will still run in 100 years
It'll run cleaner, more efficiently,but as soon as one electrical sensor/ component goes bad, sianara. Strange how our equipment now is so unreliable, so not- user- repairable.. designed- in obsolescence. So, stuff is better, but in a worse , unsustainable way ...hmmmm
makes me wonder how long the gas turbines I built at Solar will be in use and useful.
@Rick Delair Umm wow. I understand the appeal of incandescent light, but mercury vapor and fluorescent light is some of the harshest, most unpleasant, and 'eyesight destroying' light that exists. By and large LED light is rendering those obsolete purely on merit and economics. Nothing to do with political conspiracies.
@Rick Delair Pretty much everything you said other than "2 strokes last much longer" was wrong. They are NOT efficient, nor are they clean...ESPECIALLY in comparison to 4 strokes.
Locomotives seem to be the only exception, if you use G.E. as an example only.
Thankful somebody saved a complete plant and didn’t scrap it they are museums!
Well it has survived longer than many others but the city wants to repurpose the property. As of the middle of 2018 the plant's future was bleak.
Roger Brewer you never know, we may need them again
@@deborahchesser7375 And they did!
I have been passing by that plant since 1970 and had some idea what was inside but really didn't. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome video. Thanks for sharing!
I'm betting that as the rolling blackouts are sweeping through the area as bitter cold sets in, there are many who regret their decision to demolish this USEFUL piece of history. But hey, at least it's not contributing to global (psychosis) warming.
Conserve....
Conservative.
Given the cranial-rectal-insertion practiced by city officials I'll bet it doesn't enter their thinking.
@@lineshaftrestorations7903 They think? I thought their decisions are decided by who pays them the most and not the people they are supposed to represent and serve.
Excellent video, and great exhaust stack sound capture. Thanks for going to the trouble!
How much and what kind of 2 stroke oil used here, imagine castor 927 maxima!
Dang, could have used a few of these in Texas. Probably wouldn't have worked up a sweat.
If the plant hadn't been demolished in 2020 and it was properly prepared, it probably could have powered around 500 homes.
All gone now. 1 engine was saved, all the rest got scrapped.
It's a good bet none of the switchboard equipment went with the one that did. I've seen several engines like these saved but those who did weren't clear headed to get the support equipment which is more scarce.
At 1:30 it's strange to see a manzel oiler like that on a fairbanks, as I'm used to seeing that setup on our Fulton Ironworks
What brand of TCW3 2 stroke oil does she run. There must be a big tank for tge 2 stroke oil where. I heard coooer bessered w330 2 stroke run royal purple HP2C
No 2 stroke oil, just normal engine oil. The manzels. The manzels oil the cylinder liners, which the style shown in this video is drawn from the crankcase. We have a 2 Nordberg engines that you have to add oil manually to the manzels, but that is still just normal engine oil.
Lots of rust and dust. Since it's a city property, I bet they don't take care of it like they should be. Those engines should be clean enough to eat off of. Peeling paint and those shafts with rust, show they aren't maintained. Sad. I had some smaller Emergency Generators back in the 90's under my care, 75 to 100 KW. . As a younger man, I didn't know much about their care, but the stubfarts helped me out a lot. I learned to exercise them, put them under load tests, clean them and baby them. They were all that stood between me and lost revenue.
If it aint broke dont fix it 😊
Nearly as good as our Bellis and Morcom make!
They say that today one of these engines can provide electricity for only about 100 houses... We are sooo much dependent on energy than before.
I believe the 6-cylender engines were rated at 275kW which, given today's modern house load, would probably be closer to 10 houses. 1940s Weatherford, Texas probably did not have much more than lighting loads in most houses so could perhaps be closer to the 100 mark. The plant also provided power to the street lighting system for the town.
@@lineshaftrestorations7903 It's amazing to see these engines running...
Regi Pavan it would be cool to own one for neighborhood back up power or a rural town. Probably make some $
@@deborahchesser7375 that would also be the local weekend visitor's spot...
@@buddhafollower No that would be about right, they were made with huge heavy cast iron frames and enough magnetic circuit iron that they would survive an EMP. Todays machines are finite element designed, frames are rolled or pressed sheet metal screwed to the lamination stack which is just able to withstand saturation at rated conditions, raise the voltage by 20% and they will melt themselves.
Cool! Thanks for including a shot of the synchroscopes!
Why are they so large if all they can do is meet the power needs of 10 homes? Are they just that inefficient?
These engines were designed to provide full power continuously. Doing that demands them being built robust.
And, these diesels are much less powerful than subsequent designs. As to efficiency, they were among the best of their day. Consider that we learn continuously- modern diesel plants output much more power/pound, and then we have gas turbines. When you run the 1000 deg F gas turbine exhaust as heat source to Stirling engine(s), power output & efficiency really soar.
surely they could put exhaust filters same as new diesel trucks
Is this power plant still in use?
No. I don't remember exactly when but it was last used in revenue service for summer peak load about 15 years ago. It is slated for dismantling.
@@lineshaftrestorations7903 sad such beautiful Machines. I hope they save at least one for a museum or something
All gone now.
Even a small 5MW plant could have helped ease the 2021 Texas grid failure.
AWESOME 😎
Wonder if this place has been running this week?
The plant was demolished in March of 2020. One engine was saved.
@@lineshaftrestorations7903 smh. Someday we might learn
looks like 1800 rpm for 60 hz to me. Better than 1500 for 50 hz like europe for sure.
Nope. These have 24 pole alternators and run at 300 rpm. Earlier versions had less hp, same amount of torque or slightly more, 28 pole alternators, and ran at 257 rpm.