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Tag: Rossdale 1930 - 1955
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System Diagram, circa 1947

Early Mimic Board



In the days before real-time data, before remote monitoring of system status, the City of Edmonton Electric Light & Power Department used this display board to keep track of the status of over 100 various HV switches, air-breaks and oil switches. ...

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Boiler Control Panel

1932



This Boiler Control Panel was used on the No. 2 Boiler at the Rossdale Power Plant. The panel controlled the amount of fuel and air entering the boiler furnace, which was determined by the amount of steam required at a given time. The control panel operated ...

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Riveted Steam Drum Head

1932



Pictured above is one head of a the steam drum from Boiler #2.Each end of the Steam Drum is closed with a dished head. This was the last boiler that was made using riveted construction. The next drums used welded seams.The man-way door provided access ...

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Categories: Boilers Collection

Water Level Gauge

1932



The Water Level Gauge displays the level of water within a boiler and is mounted on the Steam Drum Head. The level can be seen in the centre glass on the gauge, which is also known as the gauge glass.The gauge is made from a thin strip of mica, which ...

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Model of Rossdale Low Pressure Plant

Circa 1990



Showing; Boiler house, Turbine hall and Electrical Switching stationModel was built by the NAIT Architectural Technology Students

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Rossdale Office Furniture

1930



This furniture was used in the Rossdale General Office around 1931. It is made of mahogany .    This is the table and chairs from the 1931 Office building

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Babcock-Wilcox & Goldie McCulloch Boiler Nameplate

Circa 1952 Cast Aluminum plate from No. 6 boiler



From 1932 until 1965, ten Babcock and Wilcox Sterling type boilers were installed in RossdaleThese boilers supplied steam to drive the turbinesThe early boilers were coal fired from 1932 until 1950, and were converted to natural gas in 1951The later ...

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Babcock Boiler Nameplate

circa 1960s



This Cast Aluminum nameplate was taken from the No. 8 Babcock and Wilcox Boiler at the Rossdale Power Plant.Ten Babcock and Wilcox Sterling type boilers were installed at Rossdale Power Plant between 1932 and 1966.These boilers supplied the steam required ...

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Parsons Nameplate

Circa 1950



Nameplate from 30 MW Parsons generator. There were a total of seven Parsons Turbine-Generators, installed at the Rossdale Generating station between 1927 and 1966

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Categories: Nameplates Collection

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We are located on the grounds of the Leduc West Antique Museum. Travel 5 km west of Leduc on Highway 39. Go north on Range Road 260 (Cohne Dale Road) for about 800 metres and the museum will be on your right. If you're coming from the west, Cohne Dale Road is 5km east of Highway 60.

Hours of operation 2025

Alas, the days are getting shorter, the shadows are getting longer, the harvesters are in the fields, and the Edmonton Power Historical Foundation Museum is nearing the end of the 2025 season. Only ONE CHANCE remains to visit our Museum, to wit, the Lesco Truck Show on September 20th. Although the EPHF museum will NOT be open on Friday September 19, visitors are encouraged to come out to the Leduc West Site on Friday evening and welcome the trucks as they convoy in from Blackjack's Roadhouse in Nisku. The ground will tremble as almost two hundred BIG trucks roll into the site sometime after 5:00 PM, announcing their arrival with the deafening blast of dozens of air horns
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