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Pump Pack station.
Pump Pack station.
Photo: Graham Carr
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Item #: 9159
After the traditional method of packing on the coalface was done away with packs where pumped into inflatable bags using mixture of Tekcem and Tekbent,when mixed it solidified into a chalky type of material and provided a much better seal against methane seepage from the waste.This view is in the Ince return.

Comment by: KEITH O'LEARY on 17th November 2009 at 20:50

Brendan garrity worked on these

Comment by: dave morris on 14th December 2009 at 10:37

brendan reg days and shaun corner and john wilkinson reg noons i used to drop the tekcem and tekbent off for them with the manrider

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