Historical Electric Power Technology

• Photo of Waterside Station, New York City, ca. 1939
  One of the city's great powerhouses
• "The Frequency Changer Era"
  A fascinating historical article, including the locations of a couple of these ancient machines still in service
• Installing Plastic Cable Spacing Insulator
• Power Plants Around the World
  Many photos of power plants
• IRT powerhouse
• IRT powerhouse
• The Enns Power Network Computer
  A specialized analog computer for electrical power systems
• The Insulator PicturePoster Gallery
  of particular interest is the Line Construction Details folder
• Grand Coulee Dam
  Unofficial site with lots of information and photos for this monumental engineering project
• Niagara Falls History of Power
  Excellent coverage of the long history of power generation at the Falls
• Reddy Kilowatt in heat pump advertisement
  from the May-June 1960 issue of "New Mexico Architect" magazine
• Leeds & Northrup Nuclear Reactor Simulator
  from the September 5, 1955 issue of "Electrical World" magazine
• Main Control Panel of the SS Strathnaver
  a fantastic control panel from a British ocean liner
• Line Material Industries streetlight advertisement
  from the May 13, 1957 issue of "Electrical World" magazine
• General Electric streetlight advertisement
  from the May 13, 1957 issue of "Electrical World" magazine
• Pfaff & Kendall streetlight advertisement
  from the May 20, 1957 issue of "Electrical World" magazine
• General Electric polyphase watthour meter advertisement from the May 13, 1957 issue of "Electrical World" magazine, featuring a color painting of a city landscape.
  • Small version
  • Large version
• London's famous Battersea Power Station (no longer in service)
  • Panoramic view of control room
  • More images of plant
  • [probable] synchronizing panel
• Laboratory Reactor advertisement by Atomics International, from 1957
• Article about analog computer for generation assignment, from 1957
• General Electric street lighting equipment advertisement, from 1957
• General Electric "Novalux" brand street lighting - catalog pages from 1928
• Reddy Kilowatt font sample
• Aerial primary-voltage stepdown transformer bank in Dominion Virginia Power territory
  • Image 1
  • Image 2
• J.T. Holan Corp. ad showing installation of fluorescent streetlight in Indianapolis
• Advertisement for Allis-Chalmers aerial distribution transformers with overload-indicator lights, from 1955
• Reddy Kilowatt playing cards
  • Set 1
  • Set 2
  • Set 3
  • Set 4
• Line Material "Obround" transformer advertisement
• "Electric Power and the Atomic Bomb" - speech by the president of American Electric Power at the groundbreaking of the Clifty Creek power plant, December 5, 1952
• Westinghouse OV-20 streetlight advertisement
• General Electric distribution transformer ad, from 1957
• "Park lighting provides an oasis of brilliance in dim Rio" - article about installation of high-mast mercury-vapor lignting in a park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1967
• Four Wheel Drive Auto Company line truck advertisement, from 1955