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The forts electrical plant occupied a room sixteen feet by thirty feet at the west end of the main battery. Original plans for generating electrical power at the battery used a coal fired steam system. The dynamo room contained two 25 kilowatt General Electric dynamos, two 50-horsepower boilers, a switchboard, a Worthington pump, a feedwater heater, a water cistern, and a Sturevant blower. Later modifications and improvements led to the installation of a gasoline powered system. The plant generated sufficient power to run the hoists and the lights in the main battery, as well as those in the 5-inch rapid fire gun emplacements.
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