Pelton Wheel and Generator, Chogoria, Kenya, September 1926

"22 1/2 HP Pelton Wheel and 20 HP Generator working 17 1/2 HP, 2 saws, 2 [?], '[?]' , 1 … and lights whole station." Close-up view of generator that would have been used to power the machinery used in the workshops, such as brick making machinery and saws. Ground work established by a native evangelist and dispenser sent out from Kikuyu in 1916. It sits on the eastern slopes of Mount Kenya, 35 miles from the summit at 17,040 feet, and administered to the Chuka, Mwimbi and Meru tribes. Mission station established by Dr A.C. Irvine, his wife and Mr Ernest Carr when they arrived, in 1922, from TumuTumu. Chogoria is built on a wooded ridge at an altitude of 5,000 feet. Mr Carr arrived first and built a bungalow in 1922, the Irvines arrived that autumn. A stone church was built to replace the thatch and wattle old church and was opened in 1930. The mission trained carpenters and masons.22.5马力佩尔顿水轮机（Pelton Wheel）与20马力发电机以17.5马力的输出功率运行，可带动2台锯床、2台[未知设备]、1台[未知设备]……并为整个站点提供照明。该发电机特写镜头原本用于为工坊内的各类生产机械提供动力，涵盖制砖机械与锯床。1916年，一名从基库尤（Kikuyu）地区派遣而来的本土福音传道者兼教会执事奠定了该传教站的初始工作基础。该传教站坐落于肯尼亚山（Mount Kenya）东坡，距离海拔17040英尺的山顶35英里，负责牧养楚卡（Chuka）、姆温比（Mwimbi）与梅鲁（Meru）三大部族。1922年，A·C·欧文博士（Dr A.C. Irvine）及其妻子、欧内斯特·卡尔先生（Mr Ernest Carr）从图穆图穆（TumuTumu）抵达此地，正式创立该传教站。乔戈里亚（Chogoria）坐落于海拔5000英尺的林木覆盖山脊之上。卡尔先生率先抵达，并于1922年修建了一栋平房，欧文一家于同年秋季到访。为替代原有的茅草荆条结构旧教堂，人们新建了一座石制教堂，并于1930年举行了落成启用仪式。该传教站还开展了木匠与石匠的职业培训工作。