Category Archives: pipeline

The way it was – Puntledge penstock pipeline

Posted on January 14, 2018 by Katherine

Puntledge penstock pipeline near Powerhouse Road – August 2012

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Pipeline graffiti

Posted on February 7, 2015 by Katherine

Graffiti on the Puntledge penstock pipeline

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Puntledge Diversion Dam

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Katherine

Puntledge River diversion dam – linked to larger version Located about 3.7 kilometres downstream of the Comox Lake Impoundment Dam, the Diversion Dam is where water is diverted from the Puntledge river into a pipeline that travels five kilometres to … Continue reading →

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The mystery pipe

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Katherine

  I was walking along the access road for the BC Hydro Puntledge penstock pipeline when I spotted a section of old concrete pipe located quite close to this steel pipeline that runs perpendicular to the road – in other … Continue reading →

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Puntledge penstock pipeline – nuts and bolts

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Katherine

You may have walked alongside the Puntledge penstock pipeline many times, but have you thought about the nuts and bolts of the pipeline? Above, a concrete thrust block – these are normally used where the the pipeline direction or slope … Continue reading →

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Bridges – Duncan Bay Main at Puntledge penstock

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Katherine

The Duncan Bay Main logging road crossing the Puntledge penstock pipeline

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Pipeline graffiti

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Katherine

Graffiti on the Puntledge penstock pipeline

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Puntledge Generating Station penstock

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Katherine

I set out to find out exactly where the 5.1 km long penstock pipeline for BC Hydro’s Puntledge Generation Station transitions from the welded steel construction that most people see, to the wood stave construction that is a bit off … Continue reading →

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The old and the new – Puntledge penstock pipelines

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Katherine

The old and the new Puntledge penstock pipelines, In the front, the old pipeline built by Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd in1912. In the background, the new penstock pipeline built either by the BC Power Commission, or BC Hydro in between … Continue reading →

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Puntledge Generation Penstock Pipeline

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Katherine

  Looking along the pipeline toward Bevan, Forbidden Plateau and Comox Lake

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