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C Y O'Connor Beach and Sth Fremantle Power Station Ruins
By: Catherine Date: August 12, 2011, 2:23 pm
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Earlier tonight we saw the sun setting at C Y O’Connor beach and
at the South Fremantle Power station ruins where I went to
photograph the graffiti.
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When we were little while at the beach at sunset, my mother used
to say…. Hear the sizzle of the sun as it hit the water and
being little kids, we used to imagine the sizzle but it must
have been too far away to hear….lol
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Re: C Y O'Connor Beach and Sth Fremantle Power Station Ruins
By: Catherine Date: August 12, 2011, 2:45 pm
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It was stunning....
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Re: C Y O'Connor Beach and Sth Fremantle Power Station Ruins
By: Catherine Date: August 12, 2011, 5:08 pm
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try this...
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Re: C Y O'Connor Beach and Sth Fremantle Power Station Ruins
By: Catherine Date: August 12, 2011, 5:30 pm
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Information Source - Wikipedia - Photos by Catherine (me)
South Fremantle Power Station
Construction of the Power Station commenced in January, 1946.
The South Fremantle site was chosen for its relatively close
metropolitan population, its proximity to nearby railway
facilities for the delivery of coal and the ease with which
seawater could be utilised for the cooling system. The four
boilers 1, 2, 3 & 4 of 'A' Station were fired up in January
1951; the first 25 MW turbo-alternator came on line in May 1951
prior to the official opening of the Power Station on 27 June
1951 by the Hon. David Brand, Minister for Electricity. In
September 1951, the second 25 MW turbo alternator came on line.
The No. 3 turbo alternator came on line in January 1954, and the
No. 4 turbo alternator in December 1954. The power station was
then complete with a total capacity of 100 MW.
Much of the plant was designed and manufactured in England, with
skilled contractors were sent out from England to assemble the
plant on site. The State Energy Commission encouraged the
recruitment of staff by providing housing in the Hilton Park
area, and the new suburb soon had many community amenities. A
bus service from the Power Station to Hilton and Fremantle was
provided for shift workers. Over 250 workers were employed at
the power station during the 1950s.
In 1954, a major fire at South Fremantle in the coal conveyor
from the crusher house caused structural damage and resulted in
a switch to oil fuel for the boilers. In the mid 1970s the plant
was converted back to coal, which fuelled the station until its
closure in 1985. By the 1980s production of electricity at South
Fremantle had become uneconomical. The interconnected grid then
was supplying electricity from power stations with more
up-to-date machinery and closer to the coal source at Collie,
Bunbury, Kwinana and Muja.
In September 1985, the South Fremantle Power Station closed
after 34 years service and its four chimney stacks were
demolished.
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Re: C Y O'Connor Beach and Sth Fremantle Power Station Ruins
By: TheJudge Date: August 13, 2011, 12:16 am
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Any Beach Pic without hot-bodied women in tiny bikinis is
sub-par.
Please do better.
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Re: C Y O'Connor Beach and Sth Fremantle Power Station Ruins
By: Catherine Date: August 13, 2011, 1:28 am
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[quote author=TheJudge link=topic=18.msg70#msg70
date=1313212565]
Any Beach Pic without hot-bodied women in tiny bikinis is
sub-par.
Please do better.
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I know our winter temperatures are a heat wave where you come
from Prowler but all the bikini clad women are home eating low
cal soup when I am taking shots of ancient ruins and
sunsets...lol
I wonder why photbucket don't display... what a weird annoying
site photobucket is....
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Re: C Y O'Connor Beach and Sth Fremantle Power Station Ruins
By: Catherine Date: August 14, 2011, 3:41 pm
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Ok, I have put together an Album in Photobucket of 60 photos
featuring the abandoned power station and its urban art and
graffiti and surrounding landsape for interested viewers. I have
many more pictures and the more choices you have, the harder it
is to pick so these are not necessarily the best but they are a
wide variation of good art verses mindless, ugly tagging.
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