HAIKU VALLEY

SHARP & DETAILED ALTERNATOR PHOTOS - PROVIDED BY Dr RONALD HILLSTROM. * * * Ron served at Haiku from June 1956 until May 1958.

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David Jessup > Preparing to remove the rotor. Both Alternators were overhauled and mothballed. They remained in place until 1969: At which time they were removed and sold for salvage.

David Jessup > Stafford Simmons ETM 1/c and Charllie Fratacelli

David Jessup > The Alternator's rotor is removedRon Hillstrom looking through the stator.

David Jessup > Charlie Fratacelli (a civilian government employee) and Ronald Hillstrom.

David Jessup > Charlie Fratacelli preparing to make a delicate technical adjustment.

David Jessup > Ronald Hillstrom second from left. The other three are California boys recently transfered to Haiku NRS.
The doorway in the background originally was the main (north) entrance to the building. The addditional room shown through the doorway was added to the building in 1948 to house the second Alternator.

David Jessup > Preparing to move the Rotor.The vertical pipes of two water rheostats can be seen - center & right - in the background. The height of the water witin the tank, seen between the pair of pipes on each rheostat controlled the electrical current flow through the circuit.

David Jessup > The Alternator with the motor removed.

David Jessup > Alternator #1 with motor removed.

Preparing to remove the rotor. Both Alternators were overhauled and mothballed. They remained in place until 1969: At which time they were removed and sold for salvage.

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