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By Saidrich, Section Diaries Posted on Mon Jul 10th, 2006 at 01:28:09 PM MST
My trip to the wind field

My family and I are on vacation in Ontario Canada. Guess what I found?

A 6 megawatt wind field being built in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Having a mild interest in this "field" I decided to check things out.

Sault Ste Marie is a city which has some unique qualities. It borders the United States and harbors two of the great lakes. Lots of wind.

I know someone who is working on the project and wanted to find more info on each windmill. He is hard to talk to but I got some great pictures.

Look at the view from here

So there you have it, a short trip to the wind farm and a long way from home.

I hope everyone enjoyed the tour and keep on grasping the wind.

Vacation | 9 comments (9 topical, 0 editorial)

Re: Vacation (3.00 / 0) (#1)
by Titantornado on Mon Jul 10th, 2006 at 10:44:51 AM MST
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Great pics!!!! I found it unusual there were so many different styles.

BTW, the photographer needs a new pair of shoes. ;-P

Rod

Re: Vacation (3.00 / 0) (#2)
by Norm (peppysue@suite224.net) on Mon Jul 10th, 2006 at 11:50:29 AM MST
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That's the kind of tower to build....way way
above the tree tops....couple of 300 foot or so??
( :>) Norm.
( :>) Norm

Re: Vacation (3.00 / 0) (#3)
by stevesteve (houseonline (at) hotmail (dot) com) on Mon Jul 10th, 2006 at 03:09:38 PM MST
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Thinks: "second hand crane jib..." how about that for a tower? Probably comes with a built-in tilt bearing at the base !

Anyone ever tried this? Cranes come in all sizes and ust get scrapped all the time.
Cheers, Steve

Re: Vacation (3.00 / 0) (#4)
by Saidrich on Mon Jul 10th, 2006 at 07:43:53 PM MST
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My family and I are going to go take a look at the wind field again tomorrow, hopefully I can get some more detail about the windmills. If you look closely at the picture with the old shoes you will see that the picture was taken from on top of the generator. I have seen some of the pieces being brought through town and they need a police escort due to there size. Looks like fun.

Re: Vacation (3.00 / 0) (#5)
by QUAZ HOLT on Mon Jul 10th, 2006 at 07:53:10 PM MST
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Saidrich, I guess climbing up the tower here got into your blood. Had to go higher didn't you. Were you hanging off the side like here. like the good footage. Quaz
"Careful with that knife"
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Re: Vacation (3.00 / 0) (#6)
by Saidrich on Mon Jul 10th, 2006 at 08:42:01 PM MST
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Well I guess you can say that being on top of the world is all just smoke and mirrors unless you have a computer. I'm not going to show you the look on my face. :)

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Re: Vacation (3.00 / 0) (#7)
by stevesteve (houseonline (at) hotmail (dot) com) on Mon Jul 10th, 2006 at 11:29:21 PM MST
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Saidrich,
You're a better man than me. I couldn't have done that! I notice that there only seems to be the anti-slip coating under your left foot. I guess that's where it begins to slope.

Urrrgh. No I would definately have to go for a DanB-style tower. Bolt the turbine on top and then jin pole it up into the sky (hence the crane jib thoughts).

Amazing photos though. Any chance of getting pics of the generators?
Cheers, Steve
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Re: Vacation (3.00 / 0) (#8)
by iFred (ifred2006@yahoo.com) on Tue Jul 11th, 2006 at 10:20:59 AM MST
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Nice, i'm going to have to take a trip down there. where in the Su st. that exactly?
Thanks for the great pics and the info!

>> all energy used to produce this comment or post came from solar and wind energy! It works!

Re: Vacation (3.00 / 0) (#9)
by Saidrich on Tue Jul 11th, 2006 at 07:21:51 PM MST
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iFred; the wind field is located about 15 minutes west of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Canada. If you cross the bridge which leads to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan you can see them of to the north west. Pictures do not serve them justice, they are breath taking. Scott

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