Air33 wrote...
great colors!

rustyjaw wrote...
Very very cool shot!

upshift wrote...
What a great pic. Eerie!

iseemooi wrote...
Incredible shot! Lightpainting?

Jonathan Haeber wrote...
Thanks all! @iseemooi: You're correct! It was a 3D maglite, fully charged. I doubled the painting time for the farthest generator to compensate for distance...

Andy Frazer wrote...
Superb! I hear that you're quite the acrobat. -- Seen in my contacts' photos. (?)

Jonathan Haeber wrote...
@andy: Ha! Word travels fast. I think Spiderman would be proud.

upshift wrote...
You know, if you hang upside down, you might get some ladies to kiss you!

Jonathan Haeber wrote...
Standing upright has worked well for me so far ;-)

Daniel Greene wrote...
184 Seconds! Cool. And using the flashlight on the wheels! Very cool.

Mary Bliss wrote...
Beautiful shot!!

David Semon wrote...
Excellent shot!! I also like the colors on the glass in the windows. By chance, would these be elevator motors?

Robert or you can call me Bob wrote...
Damn damn damn damn damn, SHIT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was looking the window here last friday ! I wanted in so f-em bad I could taste it !!!!!! You bastard ! ! ! ! ! ! Ya ya ya Great shot ! (really) ~

Jonathan Haeber wrote...
Thanks all! @bob: HA HA. I love you too. @dpsemon: Actually, these were all generators for a shipbuilding corporation in the early 1900s.

David Semon wrote...
What was the power source and the power rating of the units. (I like all that technical stuff)

Jonathan Haeber wrote...
dpsemon: I'm trying to figure this out, but it's very likely that these weren't generators. They called this the power house, but I believe these were the big pneumatic air compressors used for the ship building process.

David Semon wrote...
There are types of motors that with a little rewiring could be used either way. My 1st guess would be these are synchronous AC motors because of their electrical properties and of course their appearance. Data plates tell all and themselves sometimes have interesting artwork on them. Way cool shot!!

Jonathan Haeber wrote...
I think you're right dpsemon. I looked at one of the dial plates on the back side (see it here, big image, in the middle: www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=442379621&size=o) And those look like dials for PSI if I'm guessing right. They're probably the AC motors for the air compressors that were used in the shipbuilding.

David Semon wrote...
I'm still undecided about the equipment on the back side. Something about the large curves says "water". These pressure gauges might work with air or water. Left gauge could be input, right might be output. If the part behind this is round like it might have a turbine wheel at the end of a shaft - water. If something like an engine (cylinders) - air. There are exceptions, sometimes. The shot from the other side showing the controls has what looks like pulleys that drive something under the floor, maybe.

lens flare wrote...
Super cool!

Pepe García wrote...
Really long, long exposure! What a marvelous industrial places do you shows to us!