A look at the PBO Salton City Strainmeter Project
Early site study -- May 2005
Test drilling on nearby Caltrans lands, next to Highway 86:
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Beginning of site construction -- December 2005:
setting the fiber-anchoring casings
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Completed borehole work, with anchoring casing, and leader-Matt:
ready for end-monument forming
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Forming and making the anchored end-monument :
ready for pouring, and poured
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Completed monument and foundation -- February 2006
now ready for building installation
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Drilling for stanchion supports, mid February:
first of 120 boreholes on a windy day
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Installation of (lab) prefabricated instrument end-buildings :
lifting and positioning
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The last of miles of trenching and wiring -- mid-March 2006:
looking past S-end building, pipe supports trailing into the distance:
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Installing the pipe -- May 2006:
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Strainmeter -- August 2006:
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Strainmeter pipes into instrument vault -- September 2006:
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Inside the instrument vault -- September 2006:
Laser stage:
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