Alcatraz Power Plant in 4K

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Power Plant has a long history on the Island it started under the United States Army. With hired civilians, and military prisoners started on building a complex that housed the power plant, laundry, and four shops. The smokestack would stand 91 feet high next to the complex.

Alcatraz Power Plant
The brick work has begun for the Power plant in July of 1910. The Shops have concrete for the second floor poured, and the second floor walls and roof are in place.

As August roles around brick work in the Power plant is in progress. Reinforced concrete has been completed in the Shops.

September The brick work at the Power plant is work in progress. The roof on the Shops is water-proofed, the millwork, and hardware are in place, the plumbing roughing-in has been completed, and the laying of the cement floors is well underway.

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job the mall the power plant has a long

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history on the island it started under

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the United States Army with hired

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civilians and military prisoners started

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on building a complex that housed the

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power plant laundry and four shops the

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smokestack would stand nearly 91 feet

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high next to the complex the brickwork

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has begun for the power plant in July of

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1910 the shops have concrete for the

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second floor poured and the second floor

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walls and roof are in place as August

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rolls around brickwork and the power

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plant is in progress reinforced concrete

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has been completed in the shop

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September the brickwork and the power

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plant is work in progress the roof on

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the shops is a waterproof and the

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millwork Hardware are in place the

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plumbing roughed in has been completed

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and laying or the cement floors is well

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underway end of October the brickwork

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has been completed at the power plant

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and the roof forms are in place and

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ready for mooring concrete the

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smokestack is 90% completed concrete

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floors have been finished except the

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blacksmith’s shop the power plant and

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the reinforced concrete chimney was

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completed by the end of November pump

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house has been completed except for the

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floor containing of the shops laundry

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and plumbing has been completed the

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smokestack was lined with firebrick with

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a diameter of four feet ten inches at

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top

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and at a four inch airspace for 40 feet

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I found info that it took 4000 fire

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bricks

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1000 fire clays and 81 barrels of

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Portland cement it was noted that they

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used reinforcing bars but not how much

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was used in the construction there was

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talk about nine hundred and fifty seven

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dollars not sure if it was used to pay

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the workers or if that was the total

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cost if you have any more info on that

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leave it down below now that it’s

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December boiler and engine foundations

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for the power plant are being put in the

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pump foundations are being for the pump

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house put in chops cement floors are

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being laid now after the holidays in

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January 1911 in the power plant the

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boiler and engines were being set the

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pumps are being set in the pump house

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the shops they’re about 95 percent

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completed now February the boilers

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engines and other fixtures are in place

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for the power plant as March rolls

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around we can see the brickwork for one

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of the battery of the two boilers have

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been completed in the powerhouse April

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things start getting exciting as they

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start testing steam boilers and the

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pipes as we speak the installation of

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the heating mains from the power house

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to the prison is in progress as the

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Mayflower’s start popping up the heating

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mains in the tunnel have been completed

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except for the pipe covering next to

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that line we have placed an 8 inch water

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main line going from the prison to the

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pump house August all apparatuses have

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been

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at the power plant and pump house and

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the work is continuing on the suction

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pipe the entire complex was finished in

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January 1912 at a cost of thirty four

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thousand eight hundred and ten dollars

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the structure was made of reinforced

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concrete and contained a main unit 48 by

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65 feet and a wing 51 by 101 feet the

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first floor consisted of the boiler room

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it was 45 by 40 feet an engine and dyno

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room 20 by 45 feet a pump room 15 by 30

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feet a plumbing and machine shop 15 550

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feet got a blacksmith shop 16 by 50 feet

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and a carpenter shop 16 by 50 feet the

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second floor of the wing measuring 5500

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feet became the new laundry for the

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prison just as a side note the main

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prison building was being built at this

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time — now 11 years later in the United

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States Department of Justice on October

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12 1933 took it over later in 1934 money

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started pouring into the island at new

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firebrick furnish lining was installed

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two years later at the power plant was

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completely overhauled with two new

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boilers at

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new salt water pump then three years

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later in 1939 to 1940 the power plant

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was renovated for one hundred and eighty

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six thousand dollars new equipment

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included a steam turbine and a diesel

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engine pumps water lines steam lines and

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fuel oil lights after 1940 when a new

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industry building was built the shops of

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this complex were demolished fir only

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being used for 28 years now for the ones

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that want to know what powered the

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island from this plant it at 3 130

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horsepower B&W; water-tube boilers and

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one 208 horsepower

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Erie City meant water to boiler now with

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this steam it was used for heating

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buildings and making electricity they

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had 250 kilowatts compounds beam driven

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that put out 125 250 volts 3-wire direct

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current generator they also had 150 watt

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diesel engine driven 125 250 volt 3 wire

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direct current generator thank you for

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