http://blogs.kitschmag.com/watch/2009/02/19/shot-of-the-day-the-collapsed-hydraulics-lab-hi-res/ news, politics, pop culture, etc. Sun, 02 Oct 2011 23:37:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blogs.kitschmag.com/watch/2009/02/19/shot-of-the-day-the-collapsed-hydraulics-lab-hi-res/comment-page-1/#comment-7366 Bob Burgess Sun, 12 Sep 2010 19:54:57 +0000 http://blogs.kitschmag.com/watch/2009/02/19/shot-of-the-day-the-collapsed-hydraulics-lab-hi-res/#comment-7366 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???? 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????

]]> http://blogs.kitschmag.com/watch/2009/02/19/shot-of-the-day-the-collapsed-hydraulics-lab-hi-res/comment-page-1/#comment-3975 CornellWatch » Blog Archive » ‘Malgam Mondays: An Apple A Day Keeps the Cancer Away Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:05:30 +0000 http://blogs.kitschmag.com/watch/2009/02/19/shot-of-the-day-the-collapsed-hydraulics-lab-hi-res/#comment-3975 [...] Hydraulics Lab Collapses: And no administrations even notice, as notes MetaEzra. [...] [...] Hydraulics Lab Collapses: And no administrations even notice, as notes MetaEzra. [...]

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