Electricity Commission of NSW

In the summer of 1982/83, in the long break between my first and second years at University, I worked for the Electricity Commission of NSW as a trainee electrical engineer at the Tamworth Regional Centre.

I could only find two photos from that time, that were included in the work placement report I had to write. Its interesting to note how much work safety standards have changed in 35 years.

Electricity Commission of NSW, 1983.

Electricity Commission of NSW, 1983.

Eraring Power Station

In the summer of 1983/84, in the long break between my 2nd and 3rd years at University, I worked at Eraring Power Station near Newcastle, as a trainee electrical engineer.

At this time some of the generating units were in production, and some still under construction.

See also my other posts with photos of

Eraring Power Station, turbo-generator hall,1984.
Eraring Power Station, turbo-generator,1984.
Eraring Power Station, 1984.
Eraring Power Station, 1984.
Eraring Power Station, 1984.
Eraring Power Station, 1984.
Eraring Power Station, 1984.
Eraring Power Station, 1984.
Eraring Power Station, 1984.
Eraring Power Station, cable tunnel, 1984.
Eraring Power Station, furnace chamber, 1984.
Eraring Power Station, furnace chamber, 1984.
Eraring Power Station, furnace chamber, 1984.
Eraring Power Station, control room, 1984.
Eraring Power Station, control room, 1984.
Eraring Power Station, Control monitors, 1984.
Eraring Power Station, Control monitor, D Mill, 1984.
Eraring Power Station, Control monitor, E Mill Performance, 1984.
Cold Reheat Pipes, Eraring Power Station, 1984.
Eraring Power Station, 1984.
Eraring Power Station, 1984.
ACW cooling towers, Eraring Power Station, 1984.
Eraring Power Station, 1984.
Eraring Power Station, 1984.
Eraring Power Station, 1984.
Eraring Power Station, 1984.
Eraring Power Station, 1984.
Eraring Power Station, 1984.
Eraring Power Station, 1984.
Eraring Power Station, 1984.
Eraring Power Station, 1984.
Deaerator, Eraring Power Station, 1984.
Secondary Superheater, Eraring Power Station, 1984.
Eraring Power Station, 1984.
Reheater Inlet Header, Eraring Power Station, 1984.
Eraring Power Station, 1984.
Eraring Power Station, 1984.
Eraring Power Station, 1984.
Eraring Power Station, 1984.
Eraring Power Station, 1984.
Eraring Power Station, 1984.
Eraring Power Station, 1984.
Eraring Power Station, 1984.
Primary Air Heater, Eraring Power Station, 1984.

Wallerawang Power Station

In the summer of 1985/86, in the long break between my 4th and 5th years at University, I worked at Wallerawang Power Station near Lithgow, as a trainee electrical engineer.

Wallerawang Power Station cooling tower. December 1985.
Inside the cooling tower at Wallerawang Power Station. January 1986.
Inside the cooling tower at Wallerawang Power Station. January 1986.
Boiler components,Wallerawang Power Station, February 1986.
Boiler wall repairs, Wallerawang Power Station, January 1986.
Inside the furnace chamber, Wallerawang Power Station, February 1986.
Wallerawang Power Station, December 1985.

Liddell Power Station

Not Liddell power station – ABC News gets it wrong. (Actually Bayswater.)

Liddell power station (near Muswellbrook NSW) has been in the news this week, with a bit of a public stoush between its owners AGL who intend to close the station in 2022, and Malcolm Turnbull who wants to keep it open for five years beyond that date.

One of the frustrating aspects of this has been how frequently the media shows a picture of a power station other than Liddell when reporting on Liddell.

I’m familiar with Liddell power station as I worked there as an electrical engineer from December 1986 to January 1988 in my first job  after graduating from university.  Since the media is incapable of showing pictures of Liddell, I thought I’d scan and post some of the photos I took while I worked there. It was an interesting time, as there was a lot of repair and remediation work going on, and I got to look inside a lot of equipment that would normally be unseen.

Liddell power station 1987.
Turbine blades
Turbine blades
Turbine casing
Turbine blades
Turbo-generator under repair.
Turbo-generator
Turbine casing.
Turbine casing.
Honing of the generator slip rings.
Honing of the generator slip rings.
Liddell High Voltage Certificate.

Monster cookie misstatement

The FAQ page of the parentteacheronline.com.au site confidently asserts that

We do not use cookies at all on our PTO site.

Oh really? Chrome inspector begs to differ.
This level of misstatement give me no level of confidence in one of the other assertions on their FAQ …

PTO maintains the highest level of Internet Security available. This means that any data entered into the system is as secure as information held by banks and large businesses.