[Milsurplus] Re 25hz

[Bob Camp]

Hi

As I recall the Carborundum plant in Buffalo was the big customer for  
25 Hz power. They had some *big* stuff with 25 Hz motors in it. I  
think they are a French company now, so that may have changed ....

Bob


On Nov 25, 2007, at 12:39 AM, bill Croghan wrote:

> Back in the early 60's I paid for a couple years of college working  
> in an Ice House in Buffalo NY that used 25 Hz power in it's old  
> compressors  I believe that the power was sent directly from the  
> Niagara Falls generators to that section of Buffalo for us and some  
> of the other industrial users in that area.
>
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