...For America's Power Industry, Enjoy This Power Report!
Bakken Museum Of Electricity
Minneapolis, Minnesota
It was back in 1880 when Thomas Edison patented an electric distribution system, which was of course essential to capitalize
on the invention of the electric lamp. Edison was famous for his many inventions, mostly involving power generation, usage
and distribution and all that early work happened in his Lab...
Edison's Laboratory
Edison
Family Guy Clip
Power plants are impressive structures, their brick walls soaring high into the air. Dramatic in size, they are necessities
of the modern age. Today, America demands a steady supply of electrical power, and much of it comes from facilities like this.
It provides a steady supply of electrical power to meet everyones industrial and residential needs. Also, they make great
companions to railroads, not only because of their size but also because they require an equally steady stream of unit trains
of clean burning coal to feed the turbines that drive the generators.
Modern power plants can be found in every area of the continent and without them, the modern wold just couldn't function as
it does.
Coal Fired Power Plant Demos
Moorhead, Minnesota
Mississauga, Ontario
Northern Light & Power The literal hub of the power generation chain is the Powerhouse. Structures like this
are necessary fixtures in every city on earth. This structure is typical of many of those and is basically identical to the
one that stands prominently in our sister city, Duluth Minnesota. Not only do these power-fortresses generate power, but
they generate considerable revenue. This detailed model is similar to power stations operated by utility companies, private
industries and institutions, as well as by streetcar or interurban lines. The one features a massive brick main building,
large smokestack, coal dump pit, and all the relevant Northern Power signs.
Northern Light & Power Powerhouse
Minnesota Power Building
Duluth, Minnesota
This Substation model's a must for an authentic electrical operation. Installations like this Northern Light & Power Substation
are used to lower the current of high voltage before routing it to residential and commercial customers. This kit includes
all the details of the prototype, from the transformers and steel framework to the chain-link fencing around the facility
and warning signs.
Northern Light & Power Substation
Minnesota Power Substation
Duluth, Minnesota
Power Surge
ElectriCorp Supply is a very necessary trackside industry. It is based on a typical electrical equipment supply company where
heavy loads, such as reels of cable and utility poles, arrive by rail and are shipped out by truck. The kit features a warehouse
building; one-story office/shed; overhead crane for unloading gondolas, flat cars and trucks; double loading doors and loading
dock; plus electrical cable spools and utility poles to round out the biz.
For years, ElectriCorp Supply has provided electrical equipment for a variety of industries -- mining, lumber and oil companies,
manufacturers and the government. Handling items by both truck and rail, the company has been able to keep up with the "big
boys" of the industry and is showing no signs of slowing down.
ElectriCorp Supply
Another infinately relevant part of the power-generation operation are the Transformers. Perhaps the simplest of all electrical
devices they actually perform one of the most important jobs. A transformer transfers electrical energy from a high-current,
low-voltage circuit to a lower-current, higher-voltage circuit.
Transformers
Transformers
Duluth, Minnesota
Transformer & Substation Blasts
Another important component in power distribution are the HighVoltage Transmission Towers. These tall towers are impressive
to behold (from a safe distance) as they buzz a line straight across the countryside.
Transmission Towers
High-Tension Tower
Chippewa
Transmission Tower Blast & Demo
It was almost two hundred years ago, when the telegraph arrived and with it, came the poles and the one single strand of steel
wire that connected one pole to the next. Nowadays, modern utility poles have literally dozens of wires for all sorts of media
and communications, but it's the power lines that are most essential to allowing us to continue living as we've grown accustomed
to.
Utility Poles
Telephone Pole Falls
....& When the industrialized nations of the world entirely outlaw coal burning as a means of power generation (as if)
what will we do then? Wind Power perhaps? Time will tell.....
