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Orono Weekly Times, 11 Oct 1978, p. 5

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Wbeslei notes During the pa local residents ha' great change in t ance of tihe Wese erating Station e project. Work ha gressing well fol decision this sprin the capacity of the station. A c amount of red necessary to cl station from th 2,200,000 kilowatt thre present 1,1< watts. STRUCTURAL C The most notice in the project sin newsletter is the structural steeli vices area and un hall. Steel erecto t înue ail faîl a Siding installati( north wall of the - has begun and the will be permanent on three sides by temporary wallc where the service the main turbin. allow work to cont area during the m~ Large tanks u boiier-steam cycl( ently lifted into pli (44 metres) abovE special 300-tong brought to the pr these tanks. Water treatnm equipment will be, on site in Nover installed in thre se Oroi Eleci Herb & Gerr 983-510 ELECTR CONTRAC ELECTRIC I Electrical AI T.V. - COLOI RADIO -F WESTINGIH RCA EL ECTRO Guaranted yville area many changes st summer in December and January. ve noticed a Construction of the pump- the appear- house by Bird Construction eyville Gen- Limited has begun and wil construction continue ail winter. The s been pro- pumphouse- will sit between Llowing the the powerhouse and the ag to reduce. forebay, on the lake fro nt side egenerating of the station. In addition. onsiderable Hydro will be constructing lesign was the tempering water pump- -hange the house before the end of the ie' planned year., capacity to ASSOCIATED FACILITIES 00,000 kilo- Cooîîng Water System: large quantities of cooling HMNGES water will be needed- at 2bie change Wesleyville Generating Sta- ice the last tion to condense the steam erection of after it turns the turbines. To in the ser- bring thi s cold water from the at 3 turbine lake into the forebay area, a on will con- 4000 foot (1210 metre) intake nd winter. pipe is being installed by Pitts on on the Construction Limited. AI- service bay though contractor's crews are service bay now workîng two shifts, t1y enclosed blasting is done only during y winter. A the day shift. on the side Thus far,- Pitts has laid fîve earea joins sections of 23-foot (6.6 metre) ie hall will diameter pipe. Each section tinue in this is 70 feet (21 metres) long. inter. The pipe is being installed in a sed in the 37-foot (il metre) deep trench le were rec- in the lake bottom which ace 142 feet Potts excavated by blasting e ground. A, and- dredging this summer. crane was The trench is over 70 percent oject to if t complete. Winter weather will hait work on the under- ,ent plant water installation of pipe and in arriving Pitts will stop work at nber to be Wesleyville by the end of >rvices area October. The contractor ,will - resumne work next spring. Chimney: the 650 foot (196 10 metre) chimney is now under construction. Taylor Engin- i ng eering Limited has the con- ling tract to build the concrete 3Co structure which will house an h~i*~FU internai steel liner. By Jan- uary 1979 the concrete chimn- Concrets ney shell will be completed and the installation of the fork steel liner will begin shortly Cabinet there after. Ignition Oil Tanks: two ignition oul tanks which each TII. hold 105,000 Imperial gallons (47,000 litres) of light oil have 3-544îbeen installed and tested. These tanks hold the oul which 90 is used to start the boilers firing. Residual'oil is then injected and burned as the main fuel. no UNDERGROUND OIL STORAGE rric Atlas Construction Limited 1is on site now, preparing to -ry Duva Il excavate a construction ac- 108 cess -tunnel to tihe under- ground où cavern area. The RICAL firm will begin drilling and £TING blasting the access tunnel in HEATING October and will continue al vinter. The tunnel being built ppllances ander this contract allows UR T.V. underground access to the HIFi limestone bedrock area HOUS E where the caverns will- be N mined. The rock excavation HOME from the tunnel will be ISmrite carried by truck over the * ed in embankments f or thre Orono Weekiv Timies, Wednesday, October llth,1 Home and School elect new officers Last Thursday evening at the Orono Public Sehool the Orono Home and School Association held their annual Open House. Mrs. Jerri Bailey, president of the Asso- ciation introduced the new siate of officers to the meeting whiie Mr. Reid, principal at the Orono-Lock- harts school introduced those future oul unloading railway spur Une. F'ENCING Hutt Fence Limited recent- ly completed a contract with Ontario Hydro to instaîl about 9,000 feet (2,750- metres) of chain link fence and 3,000 feet (960 metres) of farm fence. The chain link. fence filis in' gaps along the Lakeshore Road and along the shore of Lake Ontario as well as surrounding construction areas such as the oul unload- inig pit area. The farmn fence has been installed on property boundaries and as Une fences on those properties whîch Hydro has recently acquired. in the IWesleyvýille area. teachers in attendance. The siate of oficers for the Orono Home and School Association are as follws: Mrs. Jerri Bailey, president Mary Jane Tomkins, vice- president. Mrs. Sherri Richards, treas Mrs. Maureen Mumford, secretary. Mrs. Ans Dreslinski, mem- bership. Mrs. Carol King, advertis- ing and correspondence Mrs. Lynda Young and Mrs. Lina Shetier, soc- ial committee. The lEst of officers were elected earlîer in September. It is the intention of the Association to hold one gen- eral meeting each term and speciai meetings when the need arises. The program for the year has been established and will include the Hot Dog Day, the Fun Fair at the' school as wen as a family skating outing at the arena. The Association is also consi- dering organizing skating outings for the students at the school. IWilliam C. Hall, j B.Comm. Chartered Accountiant Phone Newcastle 987-4240 ALL DAY WEDN ESDAY and SATURDAY Mackie and Reid Paving Ltd. Specializing in Asphaît parking lots and driveways Concrete sidewalks - sewers Bert Reid, C.E. T. 786-2501 Tom Foster 797-2548, ~ Floral Creations "FLOWERSWITH FEELINGS" 1 eFOR ANY OCCASION FR ESH & DRIED FLOWVER AR RANG EMENI for WEDDINGS, FUN ERALS, HOSPITAL AND HO Telepihone 623-3377 KL ýng ýSt. East Bowmanv DME vile Orono Fuel & Lumber Ltd. Lumber & Building Supplies - Fuel Oit - Oit Furnaces 983-9167 1Station St. & Hwy. 115, Orono ..Ill 1 J, ................................ .. .......... ..... . mmm"m

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