Old Power Station signage

Some old signage
from the Connaught Bridge Power Station
here in Klang
before the old machines were dismantled.

 

this is the oldest, from the 50ies written in English,Mandarin,Punjabi,Jawi and Tamil



This one from a blackstart diesel engine



from a water dispenser

Back to the 50ies-The glory days of Connaught Bridge Power Station

The 50ies were the days when Connaught Bridge Power Station
in Klang was the largest power station in Malaya,
first commissioned in January 1953
and formally opened by the High Commissioner,General Sir Gerald Templer on 26 March 1953.
It  had a total generating capacity of 80MW of power
from 4 X 20MW Steam Turbine(Parsons)
The old plant was  fully utilised until it was decommissioned in 1984
ending a colorful era of the CEB Connaught Bridge as the locals fondly call it.





video clip of the opening ceremony in 1953





High Commissioner's,Selangor Regent's and Menteri Besar's autographs.

Scorpions rocking it out at Connaught Bridge Power Station.



The 20MW Parsons Steam Turbine.



The Babcock and Wilcox Boiler.



At the boiler no:1 control panel.



In the 90ies before being dismantled.



Output of a generator here.



The H & W, Harland & Wolff, black start diesel engine generator.



The old Babcock and Wilcok boiler before it was dismantled in 2004.











The present day building is used as a workshop for repair works by TNB Remaco.



The old pump house after more than 60 years.



Panorama shot of the old station.



The Coat of Arms of Central Electricity Board,
at the time when tigers and black leopards roamed the countryside.

Back to the 70ies-By the Klang river

Some old photos from my collection of dredging works
by the Klang River at the cooling water pump(CWP)house intake
of the Connaught Bridge Power Station
back in 1974 when the old steam station
was still running.
Seen in the background were the old Connaught Bridge, a bailey bridge
and old KTM's Truss railway bridge
which were replaced by concrete ones in the 90ies.


 



























The barge somewhere in Port Klang probably to load the crane in.

View Connaught Bridge Power Station in a larger map

My Project-Scaffolding holder for Siemens Mixing Chamber

Erecting a platform for welding and repair works on the overlaps
between the tile carrier and mixing chamber is quite
a messy job considering the shape of the mixing chamber
which is shape like a snail.
Now with the jig we can have more room to
move about instead of a bundle is pipes everywhere.


The sketch before the job starts.






This is the jig or holder where the the scalfolding works starts.
2 set will be needed since we have 2 combustor.



A closer look at the holder.




A ladder and platform is ready for work to start.