Stansbury Park Observatory Complex (SPOC)
Donna Pease Wiggins Refractor House

Putting Up the Walls & Doors
04 JUL 2005 to 16 SEP 2005
(click on images for enlarged view)

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After a year's delay, Bruce Grim and Siegfried Jachmann are delighted to see the walls are about to go up. 04 JUL 2005

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The inner forms going up.  05 JUL 2005

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Imagine the Brandt Refractor standing here. 05 JUL 2005

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Imagine the dome (right) sitting on the Refractor House (center).  05 JUL 2005

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Rebar tied and door forms installed.  06 JUL 2005

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Outer forms nearly ready.  07 JUL 2005

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The view from above.  07 JUL 2005

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Outer forms up and ready for concrete.  08 JUL 2005

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Filling the loader with concrete.  14 JUL 2005

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Pouring the concrete into the forms (and onto the floor).  14 JUL 2005

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A few hours later the concrete is setting up.  14 JUL 2005

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The forms are off.  We have walls!  15 JUL 2005

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Inside is cleaned up.  16 JUL 2005

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Door frames installed.  20 JUL 2005

023

Patrick Wiggins finishes mounting the last of the doors.  26 AUG 2005
 

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All doors in place.  26 AUG 2005

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Bruce Grim installs a crash bar on the Refractor Bay north door.  27 AUG 2005

026

Both Refractor Bay crash bars in place.  27 AUG 2005

027

Storage room crash bar installed.  28 AUG 2005

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Bruce Grim adjusts the Refractor Bay's north door.  28 AUG 2005

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Bruce Grim and Patrick Wiggins paint the doors.  16 SEP 2005  Boyd McNeil image.