Laying the Pipeline
The temporary trestle necessary for laying the ocean section of the pipeline was dismantled and the construction compound was being cleared of work equipment to get ready for the start of the vegetation rehabilitation project.
The de-aeartion chamber being lowered into the cofferdam - the final link in the completed pipeline from the Water Reclamation Plant and out to sea > |
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< The last HDPE section of pipe being lowered into the cofferdam, November 2004 |
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< The cofferdam being moved off the beach, November 2004 |
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The pipe-laying started at the seaward end of the temporary trestle and the cofferdam was progressively moved in towards the beach. The 20 metre de-aeartion chamber was installed, connecting the landward and seaward sections of the pipe.
Background
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< Cofferdam gates arriving on site at Boambee Beach, November 2003 |
The first 150 metres of the pipeline being laid, November 2003 > |
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< Pulling the pipe underneath the railway line, November 2003
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Cofferdam construction in progress, December 2003 > |
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< In January 2004, the pipe sections began to be moved into place by crane on the Temporary Steel Trestle |
The first pipe was laid in the cofferdam > |
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