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Shot of the Day: The Collapsed Hydraulics Lab, Hi-Res

The collapsed hydroplant. Click through for the highest res version. Courtesy of Giffen Ott.

And, courtesy MetaEzra’s research — a “dramatization” of the hydraulics lab of yore:

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This entry was posted on Thursday, February 19th, 2009 at 5:20 pm by D. Evan Mulvihill and is filed under snap of the day. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

2 Responses to “Shot of the Day: The Collapsed Hydraulics Lab, Hi-Res”

  1. CornellWatch » Blog Archive » ‘Malgam Mondays: An Apple A Day Keeps the Cancer Away Says:
    February 24th, 2009 at 6:05 pm

    [...] Hydraulics Lab Collapses: And no administrations even notice, as notes MetaEzra. [...]

  2. Bob Burgess Says:
    September 12th, 2010 at 11:54 am

    Hi
    Searching for images of trip hammers (used to make edge tools) I came across several of the Triphammer Falls, and the CU Hydraulic Lab. What a wonderful structure – further searches and images showed its decline, with the end wall missing – freeze-thaw damage no doubt. Sadly just seen the images of its final collapse in 2009 – what a criminal act to allow such a majestic structure to decline so. I note demolition of the remaining structure and clean up is estimated at $1 to $1.5 million (I bet it ends up at least 2x to 3x that). What a shame that the money was not spent on restoring it…
    Water power gave way to steam, which in turn gave way to electricity – but the most environmentally clean electicity comes from hydro-electric power. Small scale plants like that at CU are probably the way forward – a lost opportunity to study and develop small scale renewable energy sources, turbine design etc…. In the UK, we are investing in small scale plants to replace old derelict water mills – they are cost effective and profitable. What about the US getting its act together????