Harmons Observatory
Building the Roof
03 SEP 2001 to 11 OCT 2001
(click on images for enlarged view)
001
Ken Harris, John Moreton, Siegfried Jachmann and Bruce Grim review plans for the roof. 03 SEP 2001
002
Model showing how the newly redesigned roofs will appear when
complete.
03 SEP 2001
003
Ken Harris demonstrates a good use for the old roof design.
03 SEP 2001
004
Bruce Grim, Andy Bogdan and John Moreton discuss the plans.
03 SEP 2001
005
Siegfried Jachmann supervises as John Moreton, Bruce Grim and Ken
Harris take measurements for the roof. Boyd McNeil in the
background
keeps an eye on the sky. 03 SEP 2001
006
Patrick Wiggins drills holes in the control room ceiling support
I-beams. 07 SEP 2001
007
Bruce Grim looks on as Andy Bogdan drills holes for the control
room ceiling. 07 SEP 2001
008
Andy Bogdan watches as Patrick Wiggins drills holes for the control
room ceiling. 07 SEP 2001
009
Bruce Grim eyeballs the position of the drill as Roger Butz drills
a hole for one of the control room ceiling support I-beams. 07
SEP
2001
010
Bruce Grim uses a power grinder to prepare the wall for installation
of the control room's 3rd ceiling support I-beam. 08 SEP 2001
011
Bruce Grim and Roger Butz move the control room's 3rd ceiling support
I-beam into place. 08 SEP 2001
012
Patrick Wiggins uses a sledge hammer to "adjust" one of the I-beam
mounting bolts. 08 SEP 2001
013
All 3 control room roof support I-beams in place. 08 SEP
2001
014
Bruce Grim points out features of the control room's ceiling to
Andy Bogdan and Harmons Observatory engineer Reinhart Bsumek. 08 SEP
2001
015
Bruce Grim welds on of the roof tracks for the Big Scope room.
Siegfried Jachmann in background. 19 SEP 2001 McNeil photo
016
Andy Bogdan assembling one of the A (as in "Andy"?) frames upon
which the roof rails temporarily sit until permanent piers are in
place.
A finished frame shows in the background. 20 SEP 2001
017
Bruce Grim and Roger Butz position one of the roof retaining rails.
20 SEP 2001
018
Bruce Grim and Roger Butz grind weld points on one of the roof
retaining rails. 20 SEP 2001
019
Bruce Grim welds one of the roof retaining rails to a roof support
rail. 20 SEP 2001
020
Forms in place and ready to pour the piers for the roof supports.
27 SEP 2001
021
Close up of one of the Big Scope room support pier forms. 27 SEP
2001
022
Andy Bogdan and Bruce Grim prepare for the first of the concrete
to go into one of the pier's below ground foundation. 27 SEP 2001
023
Bruce Grim and Andy Bogdan guide the concrete into a roof support
pier. 27 SEP 2001
024
Patrick Wiggins ensures the concrete surrounds each of the roof
support pier support mount bolts. 27 SEP 2001
025
Andy Bogdan and Bruce Grim do some finishing work on one of the
roof support piers. 27 SEP 2001
026
Bruce Grim uses a router to cut the sonotube away from one of the
roof support piers. 01 OCT 2001
027
Bruce Grim removes the last of the sonotube from one of the roof
support piers. 01 OCT 2001
028
Patrick Wiggins, Ron Ford, Andy Bogdan and Bruce Grim try using
Bruce's truck mounted crane to raise one of the roof supports. It
didn't work. 01 OCT 2001
029
Using a back hoe the work went smoothly. Stansbury Park
Improvement
District's Bob Shields (standing at right) and Colton Park (back hoe
operator)
supplied the back hoe. 01 OCT 2001
030
SPID's Bob Shields and SLAS's Ron Ford position one of the roof
supports. 01 OCT 2001
031
Andy Bogdan and Ron Ford prepare one of the control room roof planks.
01 OCT 2001
032
Andy Bogdan and Siegfried Jachmann screw the first control room
roof planks. 01 OCT 2001
033
Andy Bogdan, Patrick Wiggins and Siegfried Jachmann with 2/3 of
the control room roof planks in place. 01 OCT 2001
034
Andy Bogdan, Siegfried Jachmann and Patrick Wiggins work on the
roof as overseer Bruce Grim makes sure the job gets done right. 01 OCT
2001
035
Andy Bogdan and Bruce Grim look on as Siegfried Jachmann nearly
screws Patrick Wiggins' hat to the roof. 01 OCT 2001
036
Control room roof planks in place. 01 OCT 2001
037
Control room tongue and groove ceiling. 01 OCT 2001
038
"Steelhenge"
Another day's work is done. 01 OCT 2001 Ron Ford image
039
Roll off roof rails up and ready for aligning. 03 OCT 2001
Ron Ford image
040
Bruce Grim starts the day by welding one of the Harmons Observatory
roof rails
as a future Harmons Observatory target hangs high in the sky behind
him. 05 OCT 2001
041
Boyd McNeil does a mid air balancing act to get the shot. 05 OCT
2001
042
Bruce Grim welds a roof rail as Andy Bogdan hold the rail in position.
05 OCT 2001
043
Ron Ford, Siegfried Jachmann and Andy Bogdan work together to make
certain the roof rails are level. 05 OCT 2001
044
Bruce Grim, Patrick Wiggins and Siegfried Jachmann work to get
the first roof rail cross member in place. 05 OCT 2001 Ron Ford
image
045
Andy Bogdan and Bruce Grim use a hydraulic jack to align the roof
rails. 08 OCT 2001
046
Bruce Grim uses a come-a-long to align the roof rails. 08
OCT 2001
047
Patrick Wiggins adjusts the elevation of the roof rails.
08 OCT 2001
048
Patrick Wiggins drill holes in a section of one of the roof
dollies.
08 OCT 2001
049
Patrick Wiggins and Bruce Grim raise the final roof track into
place. 08 OCT 2001
050
Bruce Grim uses his truck mounted crane to lift a portion of the
Ealing bay's roof trolley into place. McNeil image 11 OCT
2001
051
The crew uses the Stansbury Park Improvement District's back hoe
to move the Ealing bay's roof trolley into place. McNeil
image
11 OCT 2001