2014 National Show - Bolack Electro-Mechanical Museum Continued
The museum includes three large pole barns. The first (original) contains several full control panels from early power generation stations, many early generators, a complete 50KW radio station transmitter, many insulators and tons of other early artifacts.
Note that you can click on any picture for a larger view.
![](buildings/arc.jpg)
Tommy pulling an arc from a live transformer
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![](buildings/center_hall.jpg)
View of the center row
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![](buildings/early_transformer.jpg)
Early transformer
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![](buildings/museum_wall.jpg)
Entrance wall to the museum building
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![](buildings/front_panel.jpg)
Early power control panel
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![](buildings/generator.jpg)
Motor & generator
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![](buildings/generator2.jpg)
Generator
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![](buildings/generator5.jpg)
Power plant
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![](buildings/glass_wall.jpg)
Glass insulators
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![](buildings/porcelain_wall.jpg)
Porcelain insulators
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![](buildings/worldwide_porcelain.jpg)
Worldwide insulators
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![](buildings/long_view.jpg)
Displays
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![](buildings/switchboard.jpg)
Telephone switchboard
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![](buildings/generator3.jpg)
Generator
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![](buildings/meters_pb.jpg)
Brass and glass watthour meters
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![](buildings/meters_pb2.jpg)
Watthour meters
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![](buildings/suspend1.jpg)
Suspensions
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![](buildings/generator4.jpg)
Large generator
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![](buildings/linotype.jpg)
Linotype machine
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![](buildings/meters6.jpg)
Watthour meters
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![](buildings/mickys.jpg)
Mouse pole
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![](buildings/radio_amp.jpg)
Radio station amplifier
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