New Plymouth Power Station construction, fuel oil pumps

Production date
11 Feb 1974
Description
View of fuel oil pumps inside the main fuel oil pumphouse, New Plymouth Power Station construction site, Port Taranaki, New Plymouth. A man wearing a hard hat is pictured in the background. The first unit of the New Plymouth Power Station was commissioned in February 1974. The power station used natural gas and heavy fuel oil as its primary fuel. Plant operation decreased from 1999 and the station was decommissioned by Contact Energy in 2008.
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Production date
11 Feb 1974
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Accession number
PHO2010-0719
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