Albany County 📍

Albany County (/ˈɔːlbəniː/ awl-bə-nee) is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, and is part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metropolitan Statistical Area. The name is from the title of the Duke of York and Albany, who became James II of England (James VII of Scotland). As of the 2010 census, the population was 304,204.[1] As originally established, Albany County had an indefinite amount of land, but has only 530 square miles (1,400 km2) as of March 3, 1888. The county seat is Albany, the state capital.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany_County,_New_York

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New Salem

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Driving through the rural hamlet of New Salem on the way up to Thacher Park.

Thematic Map: Spectulator Beach Sunset
Map: Mountain House Trail and North Mountain
Terrain Map: Mahanoy Mountain
Map: Severence Hill Trail

NYC Rapid Transit’s 45-Ton Rotary Convertor

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A rotary converter is a type of electrical machine which acts as a mechanical rectifier, inverter or frequency converter. “Rotary converters were used to convert alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC), or DC to AC power, before the advent of chemical or solid state power rectification and inverting. They were commonly used to provide DC power for commercial, industrial and railway electrification from an AC power source.”

I think it's fair to call this device old sparky.

Map: Severence Hill Trail

Out on Thompson Lake

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Quiet paddle on Thompson Lake with the motorboat launch on NY 157 being closed.

Map: Boreas River
Thematic Map: Percentage of Green Cars