The power backup at the old Fort Lauderdale C O:
And to give an idea of the size of the bus bars:
Batteries handled the load until the turbine generator on the roof kicked in, about a minute or so to stabilize:
When the above photos were taken, only a small toll operation was in service and that was bring moved across the street at the time. I had a tour of the place on a Saturday when the workers were not there. I was not told that I could bring tools so I really did not get much salvage: