Pine Street Station

No. 3 Boiler

Boiler No. 3

Generator

Air Ejector and Hogger

Switch Panel

Turbine Room

This is a picture of Pine Street Station from the corner of North Front and Pine Streets. Unit No.4 had not been installed in this photo.

This is a picture of No. 3 Boiler. At this time there were three separate boilers in the plant. This boiler could supply steam for all three turbines and steam to heat buildings in downtown Grand Island. Pictured is the boiler control panel ( front bottom ) and the boiler filling the background. Total height of the boiler was about three to four stories. Boilers No. 1, 2, and 3 used natural gas, oil, and coal. All the boilers have been retired and scrapped.

This is a picture of the bottom of Boiler No. 3. In the middle is the ash hopper on the bottom of the boiler. Ash was scooped out by hand and wheel-barrowed to the storage pit. To the right is a a ball mill for grinding coal. To the left is a feedwater heater.

This is the first turbine/generator owned by Grand Island Light, Water, and Ice Department. It was a 500kW Allis-Chalmers steam turbine/generator and was installed in 1913. Grand Island owned and operated two units before this one, however they were engine driven. Our modern power generators like the one pictured are driven with steam turbines and produce much more electricity with greater efficiency, and with far fewer emissions.

This is a picture of the air ejector and hogger for the condenser (above ) and a feedwater heater ( below ) for Unit No. 3, located in the basement.

This is a picture of the control board for the generators and the master switch board for electric power distribution throughout Grand Island.

This is a photo from the Turbine Room. Pictured from the back is Unit No. 1 and towards the back is Unit No. 3. All of these units have been retired and removed along with Unit No. 4, which is not pictured. Units No. 1, 2, and 3 were sold for scrap, and Unit No. 4 was sold to a paper plant in South America.