I took a vacation up to Folsom California for my birthday. My wife thoughtfully planned in a trip to The Folsom Powerhouse.

Abstract
The Folsom Powerhouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (1981) as being significant in the areas of engineering and industry on the national level. It has been said that it represented a momentous advance in the science of generating and transmitting electricity. In 1895 the facility brought high-voltage alternating current over long distance transmission lines for the first time. It is also a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark (1975), a National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark (1976) and is designated as California Registered Historical Landmark No. 633 (1958).

You could really see how it was made and how it works… I suppose it was back before they everything in a metal box.

Control panel

It was pretty neat to see, and a great Makation!

I took a few photos

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