Re: [TCML] "Transformers at Pittsfield" book by Thomas Blalock is now On-line!

[Steve Ward <steve.ward@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think i spent about 5 hours reading through most of this.  Im always
impressed with how quickly they progressed with HV transformer (heck, just
transformer) design back then, there must have been gobs of money dumped
into the R&D programs at GE!  The size of that stuff is just awesome.  Funny
how little seems to have changed.  Thanks for the heads up, Bert!

Steve

On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Bert Hickman <bert.hickman@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> All,
>
> I had been searching for Thomas Blalock's book about the history of GE's
> power transformer manufacturing and testing facility for many years.
> Unfortunately, only 200 copies were ever published, and it has been
> virtually impossible to locate a copy. This is a 300+ page treasure trove of
> information, chock full of historic photos, covering the 80 year history of
> power transformer manufacturing and testing in Pittsfield, MA.
>
> I just discovered that the entire book is now available online at the IEEE
> Global History Network web site in three parts. You do not need to be an
> IEEE member to read the book. All three parts also contain loads of historic
> photos. Part 2 is devoted entirely to the High Voltage Testing Lab, and
> contains lots of information and pictures about their cascade transformers,
> impulse generators, high current capacitor discharge lab, the 1939 World's
> Fair setup, and transformer testing. The three parts can be found here:
>
>
> http://www.ieeeghn.com/wiki/index.php/Archives:Transformers_at_Pittsfield%2C_part_1
>
>
> http://www.ieeeghn.com/wiki/index.php/Archives:Transformers_at_Pittsfield%2C_part_2
>
>
> http://www.ieeeghn.com/wiki/index.php/Archives:Transformers_at_Pittsfield%2C_part_3
>
> Happy reading!
>
> Bert
> --
> Bert Hickman
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