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The view to the south shows how the test bed extends the complete length of the cell. Were the two cut pipes used to circulate water for cooling the turbine under test?

Southern view of turbine hall from elevated position.
23|05|07 © Simon Cornwell 2007

"I think the two pipes you can see were also to work the Dynamometers, these acted to apply a load to the engine to simulate driving a propeller shaft." - Pete