Exploring GE's Abandoned High Voltage Lab - Vintage Electrical Tech!
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In today's episode, we're exploring General Electric's abandoned Baltimore High Voltage Laboratory. The facility was part of the Locke Insulator factory and dates back to the 1920s. The lab was instrumental in developing porcelain insulators that make today's extra high voltage lines possible.

Jeff Behary's GoFundMe to save the voltage lab equipment: https://www.gofundme.com/f/Saving-GE-...

View scans of many of the photos and documents that have been saved from demolition here:
https://archive.org/search?query=jeff...

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00:00 Introduction
1:10 The Search Begins
2:21 What Were Voltage Labs?
3:00 Steinmetz's Lightning
4:21 World's Fair Demonstration
5:31 Locke is Found
6:28 NordVPN
7:36 Locke Insulators History
8:16 Infiltration
15:50 Journey to the Lab
19:00 Entering the Lab
20:34 Cascade Transformers
21:30 Impulse Generator
23:47 Equipment Fully Stocked
25:57 Motor-Generator Set
27:44 Document Stash
30:28 Control Desk
31:30 Observation Balcony
34:21 Thunderstorm Ambiance
35:45 Demolition
36:35 A Twist Ending

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