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ORANJEMUND DISCUSSIONS! => The Photograph Board! => Photographs Comment Board => Topic started by: Michael Alexander on June 15, 2008, 10:18:10 AM

Title: Historical Mine!
Post by: Michael Alexander on June 15, 2008, 10:18:10 AM
Is the plant with Jetty;s 3 Plant being built?

Is the small plant 50g?

Title: Re: Historical Mine!
Post by: Michael Alexander on June 15, 2008, 10:24:01 AM
What plant is this?

Title: Re: Historical Mine!
Post by: SandyB on June 15, 2008, 01:51:24 PM
Looks like 3 plant .in progress . note the jetties ..
Title: Re: Historical Mine!
Post by: Malcolm Bertoni on June 15, 2008, 11:56:10 PM
Yes.  Defenitely not No 1 or 4 plant.  Therefore must be be 2 or 3.  Take or pick..... (it was all after my time there).

Title: Re: Historical Mine!
Post by: georg ruf jr. on June 16, 2008, 05:23:02 PM
Very good quality Mike. Thanks.
Title: Re: Historical Mine!
Post by: Jeremy Dixon on June 16, 2008, 05:51:12 PM
Its not 2 plant because the dump is in the wrong place.3 plant  was also the only plant to have jetty.Billy McKay has a photo in his bar at home of him standing next to the jetty whilst it was being built saw it with my own eyes I did!
Title: Re: Historical Mine!
Post by: SandyB on June 16, 2008, 06:12:14 PM
3 plant .. old jetty badly designed and  inadequate was  just taken out by the  vicious atlantic and abandoned  .. the new jetty .. higher .. stronger pillars   would even take a beating from the sea ..  there were days that one  would see  these huge  grey green waves  stand  up  and  rush at the jetty .. despite the amount of Dollosse  put in  front , the jetty  would  still shudder  .. those huge sangus pumps  used to  jump  up  from  their  bases  from  the  inrush of  water from  below ..   the cables were extended as  when the  cables were " correct" length  they would be  ripped  off the  motors  so they had  a  trailing cable to  accomodate this ..
Title: Re: Historical Mine!
Post by: Leon Sumter on February 14, 2009, 04:04:31 PM
picture 3 has an inscription saying Elisabethbucht.
Title: Re: Historical Mine!
Post by: Michael Alexander on February 14, 2009, 05:10:30 PM
Cheers leon, never saw that.....