3 Plant Celebrate!

[Michael Alexander]

Some of you might find it interesting!     

[SandyB]

I was  at 3 plant  during the final stages  late  76   and into 77  and  got  to see it running in full  swing ...   good memories  and  also sad , one of the  scots  contractors  fell  off  one  of the   buildings  under construction  die of fractured skull ,   cant  remeber the name  but he's in the old  graveyard ... I remember  part of the epitaph on the stone ...  " I took the  low  road "  or something like that Mike  check it up ... and of course reading  about the push feeders  ,, yes there were problems ..  Georg  may remember the one day we  were  all  around  one  that was giving hassles ,, huge  hydraulic pipes and cylinders to push the  feed  slide back and forth  ...   just as well we  were all to the  side , seems the pressure controls were not that good  , combines with the  design problems causing jamming .... suddenly  one of the   2+ inch metal hydraulic pipes popped  loose  flying  to  the floor narowly mising us all ,, if  it had hit  anyone  they would have been  brained ...  of  course the aftermath of  hundreds of litres of  hydraulic oil  sprayed over all nearby ...   we  were drenched  had to go home as  oily messes ...

[georg ruf jr.]

Just saw my oldman there!

[John Creedy]

Thats how I remember him junior as well as Len.  Was in touch with Len a few years ago and he could tell a few stories I guess.  John