Wellhousealtdrive1951
This was the drive from the second motion shaft to the 400Kva alternator installed in 1951 at Wellhouse Mill. When it was first tested there was a dead short on the bus bars and the alternator burned out, stopping the engine dead. This was possibly the origin of the later flyshaft breakage. Walt Fisher told me in 2004 that two men came to the alternator and re-wound it in two days. The drive would be transmitting about 500 hp on full generating load.
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Stanley
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