[AT] Oliver's decline was Nice Tractor Day

HERBERT METZ metz-h.b at comcast.net
Wed Nov 13 13:57:27 PST 2019


Steve mentioned AC in many markets; in mid 1960s many manufacturers of large electrical generating equipment were hammered because of price fixing. At that time I did not realize AC was that big. 
We toured Hoover Dam in early 70's; I certainly agree with Steve. Herb(GA)


> On November 13, 2019 at 12:49 PM Steve Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Off topic but Cecil just reminded me of a tour of Hoover Dam I did 20 yrs ago (before 9/11 they would bring you into the very bowels).  At least one of the big generators was built by Allis-Chalmers.   (Others wore GE or Westinghouse plaques).  These generators, working from fuzzy memory, are about 30’ diameter; driven by 2’ diameter shafts coming up from the turbines.  Very impressive in the modern day, and hard to even imagine the manufacturing equipment required  back then.  
> SO



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