The last of 2 Plant

[Alfred Boehme]

2 Plant Going.................Going..................Gone

[Alfred Boehme]

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[Alfred Boehme]

  I Started my Electrical Career at 2 Plt 
Our team was
Allan Delany
Wally Golder
Bret Leese
Tom Lowrie
Alfred Boehme

[Michael Alexander]

I wonder how many klippies are still in that big mine dump behind the plant?

I also wonder if the ground directly beneath two plant infrastructure was ever mined? Gordon perhaps you would know?

[Mike Stenson (RIP)]

I wonder how many klippies are still in that big mine dump behind the plant?

I also wonder if the ground directly beneath two plant infrastructure was ever mined? Gordon perhaps you would know?

They tried to reclaim the dump,  it was not profitable so they stopped.

[Alfred Boehme]

Some photo's of the tunnel under the ground

[Michael Alexander]

Yes!But they found some stones, which shows that they are there.... so instead of using a big plant to find them, why not outsource the dump to a small scale miner working on a commission basis?

[Charles Scheepers]

That's like talking to a wall........

[SandyB]

That  underwater tunnel has some interesting stories ,, one I heard , the HV pump motors kept on  blowing fuses so someone jimmied the fuses ,, name     notsae nodrog   ...  flooding  and all kinds of happenings  ...  The 3 plant jetty  also had its share of happenings  as well ,,  the seepage dams worked well but eventually  seepage stops  hence the adventures into tunnels and jetties ,,

[Patricia Lotte]

If I remember well, my dad was electrical foreman at No. 2 Plant.

[Mike Voden (RIP)]

 You are correct Patricia, such a good memory................

[Alfred Boehme]

That  underwater tunnel has some interesting stories ,, one I heard , the HV pump motors kept on  blowing fuses so someone jimmied the fuses ,, name     notsae nodrog   ...  flooding  and all kinds of happenings  ...  The 3 plant jetty  also had its share of happenings  as well ,,  the seepage dams worked well but eventually  seepage stops  hence the adventures into tunnels and jetties ,,

Sandy
During my time there we did away with the HT motors Installed three 6600V to 550V Minisubs, motors in the tunnel where changed to 550V but we still used the HT contactors to operate the new motors via the three transformers (Minisubs) they also did away with the small emergency generator that could only run one 25hp submersible and replaced it with a large CAT generator, we could run all the lighting and three 50hp submersibles this was more reliable controlling the seapage water and pipe / pump glands that yused to leak.
They also installed two hyd spade valves close to the riser pipes manifolds these valves where controlled by emergency stop switches and a high level "elephant" ball in the seapage sump.

[SandyB]

Aflred .. have you worked out the name  of the fuse Jimmier ??

[Alfred Boehme]

No maybe that was just before my time there Nov 1986 -Jan 1988