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Thursday, March 19, 2009
Mystery History -- Solved
Margaret wins! I have emailed her about her fabulous prize.
The photo was taken inside Pasadena's steam plant many decades ago when everything was mechanical. This worker is cranking a wheel to turn up the heat to boil the water to create the steam to rush through the pipes to spin the turbines to generate the electricity.
I should have mentioned in my explanation that the fountain at Fair Oaks and Glenarm served double-duty: it was (and is) a nice gateway icon at Pasadena's southern border; but its real, true function was to serve as a cooling tower for the generating equipment in that now historic building.
If your careful and you approach the fountain from a discrete angle, you can take a dip. Don't worry PIO, it only happens during the hotter Santa Annas.
5 comments:
Congratulations Margaret. Some people might be very happy for you.
Congrats, MF!
Who knew a novelist would know this utility stuff. Hmmmm....
I feel honored and humbled. Thank you Ann. What fun.
I should have mentioned in my explanation that the fountain at Fair Oaks and Glenarm served double-duty: it was (and is) a nice gateway icon at Pasadena's southern border; but its real, true function was to serve as a cooling tower for the generating equipment in that now historic building.
If your careful and you approach the fountain from a discrete angle, you can take a dip. Don't worry PIO, it only happens during the hotter Santa Annas.
Congratulations Margaret.
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