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    Posted: 13 Jan 2019 at 8:42pm
Hi, I am a Retired Heavy Equipment Operating Engineer Local 3, are there any others on board? local 3 or local 12 or ????
 

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Welcome to the forum blackout. You will like it here. We live and breathe Persian Orange here but all have a passion for heavy equipment and old and resurrected iron.
HD16DC, Bobcat 863 Turbo, Oliver 1855, John Deere 855,
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I was IUOE 148 Stationary, we had boys and gals from Local 513 I dealt with on occasion.
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My dad was 381 or 382 local out of little rock ar . Also 4 of his brothers . The last job he was on was greers ferry dam in 1963 .after the layoff he bought a brand new allis 6g loader and worked for hiself til 87
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I have worked on roads, highways, freeways, canals, reservoirs, damns, large pipeline projects, etc. But here is a video of a hydro-electric job I worked at for 5 years and was the most challenging of my career. I was a 
Drill Doctor who overhauled and maintained the big drills that were used to tunnel thru solid granite mountain.




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Interesting concept, when was it built?  Still operating?

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Yes it is still going and the electricity provided supplies a huge amount of power to a lot of cities. It was built in the late 70's to mid 80's, about 11 guys died on the project. Thumbs Down
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was any of the hydro pumps or generators Allis Chalmers ?
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I doubt it as AC was out of this business at those years
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Location of Helms Pumped Storage Plant
CountryUnited States
LocationFresno County
CoordinatesShow location on an interactive map37°02′13″N 118°57′53″WCoordinates: Show location on an interactive map37°02′13″N 118°57′53″W
StatusOperational
Construction began1977
Commission date1984
Owner(s)Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Pumped-storage power station
Upper reservoirCourtright Reservoir
Upper res. capacity123,000 acre⋅ft (151,718,266 m3)
Lower reservoirWishon Reservoir
Lower res. capacity129,000 acre⋅ft (159,119,157 m3)
Hydraulic head1,625 ft (495 m)
Generating units3 x 404 MW Francis pump turbines
Power generation
Nameplate capacity1,212 MW
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