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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Map: Lawson Lake County Park
Map: Jackson Hill State Forest
Thematic Map: Fifty Least Densely Populated Municipalities in NY State

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: Split Rock Wild Forest

Out on Thompson Lake

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

SVGZ Graphic: Town of Bethlehem - Population Density