A local newspaper article contemporary to this photograph called the turbogenerator the "world's most important machine" for its power to drive huge industrial machines, its precision to keep electric clocks on split-second time, and its efficiency to light a 100-watt light bulb for 10 hours on less than 3/4 of a pound of coal. The Avon Lake unit pictured generated 250,000 kilowatts. | Source: Cleveland Memory Project, Cleveland State University Library Special CollectionsDownload Original File
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Cleveland Memory Project, Cleveland State University Library Special Collections
