Steamplant

We met at the Georgetown Steamplant this morning.

The Steamplant was built in 1907 to provide power to Seattle's electric street car system, as well as the Seattle-Tacoma Interurban Railway. Trivia: Seattle was the 4th city in the world to have an electric street car system.

Since it's Inktober, I decided to work in ink and practice hatching. This is the General Electric Vertical Curtis Steam Turbine Generator. It's one of only two such left in place in the entire world. The other one is right next to it. This is the "newer" one.

I'd never gone out behind the plant. A volunteer suggested the facade there was the best. Then I noticed the interesting kinetic sculpture that another volunteer told me went to Burning Man. Under that small dome is a truck. It's titled "Interspecies Communication" by Ela Lamblin and Lelavision. Pulling a rope hanging from the bird would flap it's wings.

 

 We've not been to the Steamplant in a few years. Guessing by the turnout of sketchers, we could put it on our annual list!