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This was a 'Mono Screw' CD 40 BJ. It operated at 1410 revolutions per minute to
produce twenty-one (21) gallons per minute for a thirty-five (35') feet lift.
The pump was driven by a one and a half (1~) H.P. Crompton Parkinson "TEFC"
squirrel caged electric motor (415 volts, 3 phase, 50 cycles), which also ran
at 1410 revolutions per minute. Cost in those days at £156.6.0 ($312~60) was
quite small in comparison to the present cost.

Water-mains from eight-inch (8") to four-inch (4") were replaced in many
parts of the City of Cessnock Municipality during 1962-1965 period. Kearlsey,
Branxton and areas of North Cessnock surrounding Allandale Road received
special attention.

Ever consistant of unsewered areas, the H.D.W.B. in 1962 extended its
Kurri-Weston Sewerage Scheme to East and West Abermain. Almost 2 miles (3525 yards)
of gravitational reticulation was added to the existing pipeline. This new
scheme had provided work for forty (40) displaced miners during a difficult
period in the coal industry. The work was completed in August, 1963.

H.D.W.B. sewerage works maintenance required constant close attention
towards repairs and replacement. In September, 1965 two pumps were transferred
from Marks Point to South Cessnock Sewerage Pumping Station. These pumps were
"Nash MD 673" types and operated at 1430 revolutions per minute to produce
thirty (30) gallons per minute for a twenty (20') feet lift. The pumps are
driven by two three (3) H.P. A.E.I. squirrel-caged close-coupled motors. The
units had originally been purchased for Marks Point use by the Water Board from
H.P. McGregor and Son on 23rd January, 1966 on authority of contract No. 948
at a price of £1406.10.0 ($2813.00).

To make water pressure more effective at Kurri particularly from the
Pelaw Main Sewerage link a water ,a booster station was placed at Hebburn Street
Pelaw Main. The pump was not new but had been transferred in May 1966 from
Raymond Terrace . The pump had originally been bought by the Water Board for
use at Raymond Terrace on the 5th October, 1955. The purchase price had been
£828.12.0 ($1657.20). The "Harland" single stage suction pump had a four-inch
(4") suction and a three-inch (3") drive. It operated at 1440 revolutions per
minute to produce two hundred and fifteen (215) gallons per minute for a sixty
(60') feet lift. The pump was driven by a ten (10) H.P. Australian General
Electric Motor.