For Soviet Russia. This immense one-piece steel forging, weighing 136,000 pounds and measuring more than 36 feet in length, is the world's larger hydro-electric generator shaft. It is part of a machine being built in the Schenectady works of the General Electric Company, which will generate 34,000 horse-power of electricity for Soviet Russia.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

For Soviet Russia. This immense one-piece steel forging, weighing 136,000 pounds and measuring more than 36 feet in length, is the world's larger hydro-electric generator shaft. It is part of a machine being built in the Schenectady works of the General Electric Company, which will generate 34,000 horse-power of electricity for Soviet Russia.

[ca. November 1930]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Machinery ... Large + Small

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