Harmons Observatory
Exterior Work
26 FEB 2002 to 06 JUN 2018
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After the concrete was removed. 26 FEB 2002
After the concrete was removed. 26 FEB 2002
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Roger Butz digging the north
drainage trench. 26 FEB 2002
Ron Ford image
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The west drainage
trench. 28 FEB 2002
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The north drainage
trench. 28 FEB 2002
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The east drainage
trench. 28 FEB 2002
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Sump at the south end of the
east drainage trench. 28 FEB
2002
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Ron Ford adds gravel to the
east drainage trench. 01 MAR
2002
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Bruce Grim struggles with a
section of perforated drain pipe.
01 MAR 2002
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Bruce Grim and Ron Ford pull
filter cloth over a section of perforated
drain pipe. The cloth allows water to pass into the pipe but
keeps
mud & rocks from plugging the pipe's perforations. 01 MAR
2002
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Patrick Wiggins levels the
gravel in the bottom of the west drainage
trench. 01 MAR 2002 Ron Ford image
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Drain pipe in the west
drainage trench and ready to be covered.
01 MAR 2002
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Drain pipe and a top layer
of gravel has been installed in the
north drainage trench. 01 MAR 2002 Ron Ford image
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Drain pipe and a top layer
of gravel has been installed in the
east drainage trench. 01 MAR 2002 Ron Ford image
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Stansbury Park Service
Agency's Colton Park uses the back hoe to
fill in the drainage trenches. 06 MAR 2002
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Trenches filled and area
ready for landscaping. 06 MAR 2002
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Forms for the new "SPOC
walk" installed and awaiting the concrete.
13 APR 2002
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The new SPOC walk being
poured. 23 APR 2002
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The part of the patio that
had suffered from frost heave has been
repoured. 23 APR 2002
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View of the newly finished
SPOC walk. Dark section in the
foreground is a part of the patio that the cement truck rolled on and
cracked.
The cement company replaced that section at no charge to SLAS. 23
APR 2002
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Close up of the new SPOC
walk showing the inlaid pattern that not
only looks nice but may also slow down the skate boarders. 23 APR
2002
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The doors have been painted
with red primer paint prior to application
of the white top coat. 23 APR 2002
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Roger Butz and Ron Ford take
their turns on the Bobcat. 07
MAY 2002 Ron Ford images
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Bruce Grim and Ron Ford
plant the first plant of the day.
88 followed. 07 MAY 2002
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Patrick Wiggins and Bruce
Grim planting lilac bushes on the south
perimeter. 07 MAY 2002 Ron Ford image
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Some of the locals look
on. 07 MAY 2002 Ron Ford image
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Bruce Grim, Boyd McNeil and
Ken Harris look on as one of the 29
holes for the hedge is excavated. 07 MAY 2002 Ron Ford
image
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The hedge is planted.
Now let's hope it grows. 07 MAY
2002 Ron Ford image
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Stakes mark the locations of
the lilac bushes planted on the west
perimeter. 07 MAY 2002
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Stakes mark the locations of
the lilac bushes planted on the south
perimeter. 07 MAY 2002
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Stakes mark the locations of
the lilac bushes planted on the east
perimeter. 07 MAY 2002
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Ron Ford points out the
"front porch light" and the address numbers
that were required before a final approval by the building inspector
could
be issued. 07 MAY 2002
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A smiling Bruce Grim shows
the building inspector's final approval.
07 MAY 2002
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One of two lights on the
nearby restaurant now properly shielded
thanks to the labors of Roger Butz. 07 MAY 2002
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Landscaping of the
surrounding grounds has begun. 10 MAY
2002
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Just after Roger Butz and
Bruce Grim installed the rain gutter.
14 NOV 2002
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SLAS members had
help with digging in the SPOC grounds. 03 JUL 2003 Ron Ford
image
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Ken Harris, Bruce
Grim and Patrick Wiggins weed and edge around the hedge. Ron Ford
and Patricia McWhorter, not shown, also helped. 03 JUL 2003
Ron Ford image
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Bruce Grim and
Chris Clark spread bark on the freshly weeded ground. 08 JUL 2003
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Weeding done and
looking good. 11 JUL 2003
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New trees donated by the Stansbury Park Service
Agency and planted on 05 AUG 2006 by the Boy Scouts. 06 AUG 2006
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