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28A THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tuesday, February 28, 1967 Late F. L. Fowke Officiated At Pump Station Opening In 1904, on March 2, the first Water Commission was elected in Oshawa. It was composed of Messrs. W. F. Cowan, Robt. Mc- Laughlin, Robert McCaw, Dr. T. E. Kaiser and F, L. Fowke as Mayor-elect. | For some years prior to this, the citizens of the Town of Oshawa had been concerned about the supply of water and some study had been under- that the annual epidemics of typhoid fever which the town had suffered for some years|pump water as late as 1935. were effectively stopped by the| The use of chlorine as a ster- introduction of the new water |ilizing agent was introduced in supply. : 1919, shortly before the instal- It was not until 1913 that sand,!ation of a new 30" intake pipe. filters of an early type were|About the same time an 18" installed. The firm of Gore and|main was run north from the Storrie, who directed the work|Plant to Bloor Street as the on this installatior are still re-|capacity of the original 12" tained by the Commission as|Main was becoming overtaxed. to be used in some measure, to was installed. Steam continued| structed which stands to the north of the OCVI. This tank was to replace the old wooden stand pipe which was located about four hundred feet to the west. The year 1929 saw the first use of the internal combustion engine in the Pumping Station. During the early part of the summer a 525 horsepower Ster- ling gasoline engine was in- stalled to drive an auxillary pump of 3750 gallons per min- ut3 capacity. In conjunction with this high pressure pump a 40 horsepower Pelton water wheel and low pressure pump the electric low lift pumps. With the installation of these |two pumps the plant was able |to operate during electric power jfailures from the output of the was installed as a standby for)! The Sterling engine continued in operation for 35 years. Dur- ing its later life parts were not available and. finally a broken connecting rod ended its career in 1963, By that time three diesel driven auxiliary pumps had been installed, two in 1946 and one in 1958, so that the failure of the old gaso- line engine was not a serious matter, Its place was taken by a new diesel engine in April, 1964 which now drives the original pump. One of the first duties of the new Commission was to ar- range for the replacement of the original filtration plant with more effective Rapid Sand Fil- ters. This renovation brought the capacity of the plant up to 6,000,000 gallons per day. water mains throughout the city, certain milestones in the development of the system stand out. In 1953 the 3,000,000 gallon Hortop reservoir and pumping station was put into operation to serve the north end of the city. In 1954 a 36-inch intake line was installed at a cost of $148,355., a new low lift pump building was erected and the first section of the new filtration plant was completed adding a further 6,000,000 gal- lons per day to the plant capa- city. In the same year the Waverly Street booster pump- ing station was added to in- crease the capacity of the sys- tem in the north section of the city. 1966 saw the completion of In the years that followed, engine driven pump. besides the gradual expansion the third and final stage ef the filtration plant. taken to determine the most|consultants on matters related|1Wo more electric driven suitable source of water for the/t9 the water system. pumps were installed at that town. A plan to brjng water] te pumps were entirely | time. sy wheeeaned atte ped gis steam driven until 1913 when| In 1924 the present 500,000 a plebiscite op-~anuary 1, 1904, the first electric driven pump gallon elevated tank was con- which fav obtaining tho) water froyn Lake Ontario. | Cons tion got underway very 5! on the Pumping Sta- tion ang distribution system. A silver , used to turn the first s dicates that Mayor Fowke officiated at this cere- mony. The pumping station was constructed in 1904 - 1905. A pli ating this event hangs on the wall of the original pump rovm, which now contains diesel engine driven auxiliary pumps. STEAM DRIVEN In those days pollution of Lake Ontario was apparently not a problem for the two orig- inal steam pumps were connect- ed directly to the 12-inch intake pipe and the water was pumped uptown without any filtering or FIRST OSHAWA TRANSFORMER STATION IN 1911 Renovated Building Still In Use By PUC Today Looking Forward To Still Greater Progress... = For Oshawa And District It has been our privilege to have taken part in the past progress and building of Oshawa. We look forward to many more years of serving the people. of Oshawa and their building needs. 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