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Title: Another interesting museum of electrotechnology Post by: John K5PRO on July 13, 2014, 05:45:19 PM These photos are of Tommy Bolak's personal collection in Farmington, NM. As an eclectic collector of all things, he has quite a spread on his ranch, including some powerstation sized outdoor transformers (very early ones), a DC3, a steam locomotive on a small track, and a bridge that he bought and put across the San Juan River. He also has gardens and a zoo with his interesting animal collection, but that's another topic. He is a serious glass insulator collector, and it can be found on the web. While not as organized as the Huntington, WV museum or the Bellingham, WA collection, he has some very interesting stuff that he has gotten from old mines, radio stations, dental offices (wooden Xray machine), etc. Ron Nott of broadcast antenna industry have me a tour, and has invited me back for a repeat. If anyone wants to see, let me know and I can help you make contact to see it.
Title: Re: Another interesting museum of electrotechnology Post by: John K5PRO on July 13, 2014, 05:46:30 PM Some more photos from the Bolak collection.
Title: Re: Another interesting museum of electrotechnology Post by: John K5PRO on July 13, 2014, 05:47:53 PM More here:
Title: Re: Another interesting museum of electrotechnology Post by: John K5PRO on July 13, 2014, 05:48:54 PM And more:
Title: Re: Another interesting museum of electrotechnology Post by: John K5PRO on July 13, 2014, 05:49:54 PM But wait, there's more:
Title: Re: Another interesting museum of electrotechnology Post by: KL7OF on July 13, 2014, 08:34:31 PM wow i wanna see this place..
Title: Re: Another interesting museum of electrotechnology Post by: W6WAC on July 14, 2014, 12:03:12 AM I wonder when KOB took that RCA out of service? From about the late 70's into the 80's I used to listen to them here in Southern California before they went all yap. They haven't been the same since they lost out to a lawsuit. Prior to that their signal boomed in.
"Around the world, around the clock, this is 77 KOB, Albuquerque" or "77 KOB, the 50,000 watt voice of the great Southwest" Scott Title: Re: Another interesting museum of electrotechnology Post by: N4zed on July 14, 2014, 05:16:13 AM BUCKET LIST !!!! Title: Re: Another interesting museum of electrotechnology Post by: W3GMS on July 14, 2014, 08:43:41 AM Thanks for the posting John. I was totally unaware that the place existed.
That is a must see on our list on our next trip out that way! Joe, GMS Title: Re: Another interesting museum of electrotechnology Post by: John K5PRO on July 14, 2014, 08:16:50 PM Mr. Bolak's dad was one time governor of NM. They did fine owning a lot of land that later was drilled for oil and gas. I heard he had the DC3 flown in without a flight plan, 'under the radar', which annoyed the FAA.
Title: Re: Another interesting museum of electrotechnology Post by: W0BTU on July 15, 2014, 12:14:53 AM I love this, especially the dental x-ray machine. The rotary spark gap disc on the end of the motor-generator is interesting. Rotary rectifier?
In any case, I'll bet the noise that machine made scared the patients to death. :-) Title: Re: Another interesting museum of electrotechnology Post by: John K5PRO on July 19, 2014, 08:31:48 PM Get this... He got that Xray machine when a dentist was remodeling in New Mexico, and knocked down a wall. Behind it was this machine as forgotten treasures.
Title: Re: Another interesting museum of electrotechnology Post by: W3RSW on July 20, 2014, 09:00:20 AM Very nice. Tnx fer tour. Yeah, wish I could be there too. AMfone - Dedicated to Amplitude Modulation on the Amateur Radio Bands
My favorite was the three phase E panel load center, an early version of just about all the compressor station load centers I was familiar with over career years. Some of your first pix of wooden mounted contraptions made me want to grab a Swiffer and do a major dusting. ;D |