Industrial Archeology: PNM Reeves in Albuquerque, NM

On March 25, 2010, several of us from New Mexico Tech were able to tour the PNM Reeves Generating Station, a natural gas-fired power plant at the north end of Albuquerque. The power plant was not running at the time, as they were doing some maintenance on the system. We were invited back a few weeks later as they will have the turbines apart, and I'll include these photos at a later date.



Students taking photos      Substation      Preheater      Misc. Equipment

Cooling towers      Cooling towers      Firebox door      Students at the plant

Turbine      Turbine      Plumbing around the plant      Plumbing around the plant

Here are photos from our return trip:



Turbine housing      New turbine      Manifold      NMT students

NMT students      Stairs near a steam drum      Steam drum      Door into boiler

NMT students      Bridge between units 1 and 2      Misc. equipment      Boiler placard

A long ways down      Bridge between units 1 and 2      Unit 1 from Unit 2      Burner doors

Burner doors      Control room      Control panel      Turbine room

Turbine thrust bearings      Disassembled turbine      Disassembled turbine      Disassembled turbine

Disassembled turbine      Disassembled turbine      Disassembled turbine      Disassembled turbine

Disassembled turbine      Misc. plumbing      Group photo

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