Ankeny pumping station
| Ankeny pumping station | |
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 The station's exterior in 2012 | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Tom McCall Waterfront Park |
| Town or city | Portland, Oregon |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 45°31′22″N 122°40′10″W / 45.52267727205765°N 122.66935106118414°W |
The Ankeny pumping station, or Ankeny sewage pumping station,[1] is a 10,000-gallon pumping station in Portland, Oregon's Tom McCall Waterfront Park.[2]
History
11,000-volt equipment was installed in 1929.[1]
The
Sullivan's Gulch is now a railroad interchange.) The Ankeny station served to pump sewage under the river to the Sullivan's Gulch plant, which in turn transferred it to a massive plant on Columbia Boulevard for treatment prior to being dumped into the Columbia River.[3]
A bid for new switch gear was accepted by city council in 1957.[4] The gear was installed in 1958.[1]
When Tom McCall Waterfront Park was built in the 1970s, the plant was screened off from the park with a sculptural wall (Sculpture Stage, 1976) and trees.[5] In 1977 it was reported to pump up to 80,000 gallons of sewage per minute under the river.[6]
See also
Portland's modern infrastructure to address similar sewage transfer needs:
References
- ^ a b c "Station Gets New Gear". The Oregonian. September 19, 1958. p. 32.
- ^ "City Seawall and Dikes Hold Firm as Flood Crest Hits Portland Area". The Oregonian. June 3, 1948. p. 10.
- ^ "Big City Pump Plans on File". The Oregon Journal. October 26, 1951.
- ^ "Bid Accepted on Switch Gear". The Oregonian. July 6, 1957. p. 9.
- ^ Pement, Jack (January 10, 1977). "A People Place: Waterfront Dream Coming True". The Oregon Journal.
- ^ Heinz, Spencer (May 16, 1977). "Underground Wonderland". The Oregon Journal.
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