Stansbury Park Observatory Complex (SPOC)
Kolob Building

Installing the Roof, Doors, Interior & Exterior
09 MAY 2017 to 25 SEP 2020
(click on images for enlarged view)
(Photos by Patrick Wiggins unless otherwise noted)

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Start erection of steel building on concrete walls. 09 MAY 2017

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09 MAY 2017

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Aerial view. 10 MAY 2017

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10 MAY 2017

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11 MAY 2017

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15 MAY 2017

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Rodger Fry got the pedestrian door installed. 15 MAY 2017

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15 MAY 2017

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Rodger Fry, Mike Clements and Alpine Stringham measuring door height (whoo-the telescope might fit). 20 MAY 2017

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Enid Norton and Denise Larsen priming access door. 20 MAY 2017

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This is hard work! 20 MAY 2017

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22 MAY 2017

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Form in place for door concrete pad. 22 MAY 2017

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Insulation ready for installation under steel skin. 23 MAY 2017

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Insulation and steel skin going up. 24 MAY 2017

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Aerial view. 28 MAY 2017

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Aerial view. 28 MAY 2017

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Aerial view. 28 MAY 2017

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30 MAY 2017

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Starting to install roof insulation and skin. 31 MAY 2017

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01 JUN 2017

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Roof nearly done. Main door installed. 02 JUN 2017

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Rodger Fry tries out the new front door. 02 JUN 2017

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Aerial view. 02 JUN 2017

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Aerial view. 02 JUN 2017

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05 JUN 2017

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Steel building erection is complete. 06 JUN 2017

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13 JUN 2017

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Trench for reinstallation of sprinkler lines. 14 JUN 2017

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Trench for reinstallation of sprinkler lines. 14 JUN 2017

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Trench for reinstallation of sprinkler lines. 14 JUN 2017

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Aerial view. 14 JUN 2017

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24 JUN 2017

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Rodger Fry dug trench for electrical conduit. 27 JUN 2017

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Rodger Fry dug trench for electrical conduit. 27 JUN 2017

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Rodger Fry dug trench for electrical conduit. 27 JUN 2017

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Rodger Fry dug trench for electrical conduit. 27 JUN 2017

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We have electrical power to the building. 01 JUL 2017

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Buried and sodded electrical trench. 01 JUL 2017

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Dimmer and Timer for “Kolob Observatory-Clements Telescope” sign. 05 JUL 2017

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13 JUL 2017

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Signs were delivered on this highly modified 1939 International truck. 13 JUL 2017

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Hanging signs on the building. 13 JUL 2017

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Rodger Fry with the newly installed sign. 13 JUL 2017

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The sign can light up at night. 15 JUL 2017

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Diplay featuring the names of those who donated to the Kolob building and Clements telescope project. Rodger Fry photo. 19 JUL 2017

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Autographed ground-breaking shovel. 12 AUG 2017

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Rodger Fry working on the 1.8m. Phillipi Moril (visitor from France) photo. 22 AUG 2017

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Rodger Fry holding the Sloan Digital Sky Survey plate that was donated by the University of Utah Department of Physics and Astronomy. 28 OCT 2017