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Randy wrote:
On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:02:49 -0400, Randy wrote:

On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:05:38 -0500, RBnDFW
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009...ant-death-toll


The firm that built the destroyed turbine told Reuters that it was too old to work
safely. "The machine is 30 years old. All guarantees of its functioning had
passed," said Maria Aliyeva, a spokeswoman for engineering firm Power Machines

How long did the turbines at Hoover dam go before they were rebuilt?
50 years?

Thank You,
Randy

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I got a nice PPS slide show on the dam accident sent to me, if anyone
wants it, email me and I'll send it to you.



I saw that last night. Worth a look, definitely