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Title	Engines and generators, new power house, State Penitentiary, Lincoln
Description	The interior view of the power plant shows large steam machinery in this 6-1/2" x 4" black and white plate. The switchboard controlling the equipment can be seen on the back wall at the right.
Contributors	Nebraska. Board of Commissioners of State Institutions
Publisher	Nebraska Library Commission
Date	1916
Type	Image
Subject	Nebraska State Penitentiary Power plants Generators Engines Prisons Prints
Owning Institution	Nebraska Library Commission
Local Accession/Call Number	I2000 A001 -1916
Source	Excerpted from: "Twenty-fourth Biennial Report of the Warden of the State Penitentiary, Lincoln, Nebraska" In Second Biennial Report of the Board of Commissioners of State Institutions to the Governor and Legislature of the State of Nebraska for the Biennium Ending November 30, 1916 (Lincoln: Nebraska Board of Commissioners of State Institutions, 1914), plate between pp. 384-385.
Historical Notes	New equipment installed in the power plant in 1916 included the Westinghouse switchboard, Murray type 250 horse power water tube boilers with Jones stokers, 125 KW Skinner make Uniflow Engines, and various other motors. In addition to steam heat and hot water, the power plant provided electricity to the Penitentiary's shops, ice plant, water pumps and laundry as well as to the Governor's Mansion, Nebraska Hospital for the Insane, Orthopedic Hospital, Capitol Building and grounds, and the Nebraska Home for Dependent Children.
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