Previous Pictures

Celesty has just helped finish replacing the Ropac mechanical seal at the Collins site. The seal was in the No.2 ESAC unit. What other turbine mechanic cannot work without her ear rings!

Celesty is inspecting the No. One turbine runner for damage at Pepperell Hydro. Note the chunk of missing runner blade she has discovered. She is holding her hand over the missing piece.

Will and Celeste reassembling the GE thrust bearing at Turners Falls. They have installed the bearing and thermocouples and are just sliding on the cooling fan. The next morning we all left for three weeks in the Yucatan Peninsula.

Will cutting the 30 inch main support beam for the new stoplog structure at Woronoco Hydro. Here he is 11 years old and this is an enormous I-beam!

Celesty rigging out the back roller shaft at Consolidated Edison's, Gardiners Falls Station. We were onsite to repair the canal waste gate's operating mechanism. The shaft was so long and heavy that we had to use two three ton chain falls hung from beam clamps attached to the overhead roof beam.

Celesty adjusting new trash racks at Consolidated Edison's Dwight Station. The rack section was being held out by a 600 volt conduit. Rather then moving the conduit, Celeste picked up the torch and adjusted the racks. That is a 30" wreckers torch she is using. It has been used on many jobs!!

Celeste rigging in the main waterwheel support bearing at the Slater Museum in Pawtucket, R.I.

Celeste tugging the 72 inch radial arm drill into the shop. We mounted a snatch block on an eyebolt inserted into the shop floor. The crane cable is hooked through the block and back to the drill. As Celeste carefully controls the cable tension, the drill is being tugged into the shop.

Lovell Comstock using his Mack truck with a Peppin backhoe to load the four 33 inch, Hi Test runners onto the trailer.

Will determining the best place to set up the crane and how to slice the penstock and draft tubes.

Kenny Smith and Celesty adjusting the new racks at Dwight HEP.

Will and Celeste in the ruins of Appleton. Dave and Seth Wright would be dismayed at this destruction.

Celesty taking down the nameplate data at Bristol.

Celeste operating the Landoll rig as she carefully pulls the Poreba lathe onto the truck.

Celeste pulling the 35 foot long, 40,000 pound, Poreba roll lathe onto the truck to bring back to the machine shop. Warren Fay (The Wizard), Donny and Will Fay watch.

Will and Celeste dismantling the wet end of Woronoco Hydro's No.2. They have removed the front gate case. They are flanking the exposed main shaft and front runner.

Will and Celeste wonder whether to pull the equipment or rebuild the site!!

Will jacking up the 60 inch Bullard Turret Lathe

A view of the turbine suspended from the chainfalls. All in a days work!

60 inch Bullard moved to loading dock by Celeste, Will, Ron, Warren & Bill

Celeste and Mike installing the No.2 unit's shift ring.

Will Fay finishing up the quarter block assembly for turbine two. He is fitting the new bronze screws.

FERC ordered us to place an emergency oil spill pan under the transformer at Collins. We needed to get it out to the powerhouse which is set in the river. It was too bulky to drag across the rocks and lift up. I tied a cable to the superstructure, made a loop on the other end and put it on the crane hook. We belted the stainless steel pan to a snatch block. As I lifted up and extended the crane boom, the cable became taunt and the pan was lifted up and it rolled across the chasm to the waiting arms of our riggers. We placed two ten foot, aluminium I-beams on top of the steel superstructure. We hung four five ton chain falls at the corners of the transformer. We lifted the transformer up, slid the pan underneath and set the transformer down into the pan.

End of a long day! The gang of four!!! Carol, Celesty, Ian, and Will taking a break from sending the transformer pan across the river.

Will and Celeste prospecting for "houille blanche". Will!!! watch out for high hazard dams!!!

Celesty and Hugh are using the 30 ton porta-power to drive the slip ring collector on to its seat.

Celesty installing a rebuilt Rodney Hunt filler gate. This gate is used to fill the turbine pit prior to lifting the 8 ft high by ten foot wide pit gate. The lifter had two Timken tapered bearings that were rusty. We replaced both bearings, sandblasted and painted the lifter.

Will welding the containment box for the 800 amp circuit breaker to connect the rebuilt No. 2 unit to the main bus bars.

Celeste and Will rigging in the slip ring cover on Pepperell No.2's reconditioned unit.

Celeste, Will and the "Wizard"

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