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Who turned out the lights? The power breaker in the pump works.
Squeezing into the silty interior of the concrete block house.
We still have yet to figure out what this massive metal bucket is for!
The block house provides a good place to start most dives.
A diver explores the pump works piping located at a depth of 24m.
Two large pipes head towards the shallows from deep water.
Pump Works & Block House
Between 20m and 14m
Back when Vobster Quay was still an operational limestone quarry, a
number of small structures were built on and near the quarry face to
provide the quarry workers with safe areas for observation and storage.
Many still remain in place today and are well worth a visit once you've
explored the larger attractions.
Stepping
off the quayside and descending down to 13m, you'll find the first of
these - a 2m square concrete 'Block House' that provides a perfect
platform for diver training or simply for doing a quick 'pat down'
before journeying on further. Constructed entirely of concrete, the
block house is just large enough for a diver to squeeze inside but we
wouldn't recommend you try it - turning around once inside is very
difficult and it doesn't take much to reduce visibility to zero!
Near
the centre section of the aircraft wreck in the western section of the
lake, you'll find what remains of the old quarry Pump Works. Lying just
a few fin kicks from the centre section of the aircraft in slightly
deeper water, the pump works provides a useful and interesting
navigational aide near the aircraft.
Characterised
by a series of pipes running down the side of the quarry that meet at a
brick wall in 22m of water, the pump works still has its corrogated
iron roof despite three of its walls collapsing inwards. On the inside
of the remaining wall, you'll find the ultimate in dodgy electrics - a
large electrical switch box of the type that wouldn't look out of place
in an old Frankenstein movie!
