This is the second of three digressions I’m making from the GWA series, and what a digression it is.
How can one postpone posting these photos of the largest ever single unit transported by barge down the Hudson! And with outstanding photos like these. By the way, the first two, by Glenn Raymo are available to purchase here.
I post about this cargo, which has been covered extensively on FB, because not everyone enters the labyrinth called FB.
Two of the same tugs made the high profile tow to Rochester via the Erie Canal earlier this year as seen here.
When this tow entered the Kills, many hours later, the passed the salt pile, where Brian DeForest took these shots.
Click on the photo below to read the banner, part of which says “union built in the USA.”
Hats off to all involved. Many thanks to Glenn and Brian for photos I couldn’t chase.
Click here for more prints by Glenn.
Previous photos of Mister Jim here, CMT Otter here, and Helen Laraway here.
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August 14, 2017 at 9:13 am
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This HRSG, Heat Recovery Steam Generator, is for PSE&G’s Sewaren 7 Project in Sewaren, NJ..
The New, Sewaren 7, Combined Cycle Combustion Turbine, has an efficiency of 61%.
Since Electricity is a commodity item, 120 Volts, 60 Cycles, The older less efficient plants are being closed for economic reasons.
It’s amazing, Thomas Edison’s Pearl Street Plant circa 1882 generated electricity for 12 cents a KW-HR.
Today, electricity costs consumers roughly the same amount..
How is this possible, while labor, fixed, and variable costs have all increased:
The technology has gone from: Pearl Street’s Reciprocating Steam engine’s 7.5% efficiency on a good day, to today’s Combined Cycle Combustion Turbine, CCCT’s 61% efficiency.
Amazing!
https://www.pseg.com/family/power/fossil/stations/sewaren7.jsp
November 2, 2017 at 5:12 pm
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Here’s an interesting history of the port of Coeymans Marine terminal: https://www.workboat.com/blogs/the-noreaster/brickyards-barges-bulkers-upper-hudson-river/