Stansbury Park Observatory Complex 2 (SPOC 2)
Harmon's Observatory
Putting Up the Walls
27 MAR 2001 to 27 AUG 2001
(click on images for enlarged view)
001
 BMC West's Tom Zaelit and SLAS's Siegfried Jachmann and Bruce Grim
go over the 3 page list of doors and door hardware destined for SPOC 2.
Siegfried convinced BMC to sell SLAS the nearly $6,000 worth of equipment
for $1,700. 27 MAR 2001
002
 President Jachmann supervises the loading of SPOC 2's steel doors.
27 MAR 2001
003
 Siegfried Jachmann and BMC's Tom Zaelit load the double wide door
frame to be used as the main access to the Big Scope at SPOC 2. 27
MAR 2001
004
 Bruce Grim, Roger Butz and Patrick Wiggins cut door supports for
the walls. 22 AUG 2001
005
 Inner set wall forms going up. 23 AUG 2001
006
 Inner part of the wall forms nearly encase the Big Scope room.
23 AUG 2001
007
 Steve Bonnette begins tying rebar on the Big Scope room east wall.
23 AUG 2001
008
 Ken Harris, Roger Butz & Bruce Grim prepare a window frame.
Mont Nielson in background. 23 AUG 2001
009
 Rebar on the south side of the Big Scope room tied and ready.
23 AUG 2001
010
 Steve Bonnette & Erich Christley install window frame in the
wall between the Big Scope room and the control room. 23 AUG 2001
011
 Erick Christley & Roger Butz install the double wide exterior
door frame in the Big Scope room wall. 22 AUG 2001
012
 Bruce Grim, Erick Christley and Ken Harris install the double wide
exterior door frame in the Big Scope room wall. Roger Butz looks
on. 23 AUG 2001
013
 Erick Christley & Steve Bonnette finish the outer wall forms
on the Big Scope room's west wall. 23 AUG 2001
014
 Erick Christley prepares a door frame for mounting. 23 AUG
2001 McNeil photo
015
 "Spider Man" Erick Christley installs the single wide exterior
door frame on the Big Scope room. 23 AUG 2001
016
 Steve Bonnette looks on as Erick Christley & Patrick Wiggins
attach one of the control room door frames to the forms. 23 AUG 2001
McNeil photo
017
 Erick Christley & Mont Nielson install the interior door frame
between the Big Scope room and the control room. 23 AUG 2001
018
 Inner and outer wall forms complete on the Big Scope, control and
Ealing room south walls. 23 AUG 2001
019
 Christley Concrete Construction crew, Mont Nielson, Steve Bonnette
& Erick Christley. 23 AUG 2001 McNeil photo
020
 Patrick Wiggins helps Erich Christley install the Ealing room east
exterior door. 24 AUG 2001
021
 Mont Nielson & Steve Bonnette have the Ealing room nearly closed
in. 24 AUG 2001
022
 Erich Christley & Bruce Grim install the control room to Ealing
room interior door. 24 AUG 2001
023
 Patrick Wiggins gets some bird's eye view images. 24 AUG
2001
024
 Bruce Grim and Roger Butz check the wall joining the control and
Big Scope rooms. 24 AUG 2001
025
 Erich Christley & Bruce Grim install the door frame for the
Ealing room east exterior door. 24 AUG 2001
026
 Boyd McNeil photo-documents the project. 24 AUG 2001
027
 Patrick Wiggins tries his hand (and fails) at cutting rebar as
Steve Bonnette (who knows how it's done) looks on in amusement. 24
AUG 2001
028
 Steve Bonnette & Erich Christley install the door frame for
the Ealing room north exterior door. 24 AUG 2001
029
 Mont Nielson braces the control room to Ealing room window frame
while Steve Bonnette & Erich Christley install the control room to
Ealing room interior door frame. 24 AUG 2001
030
 Looking into the south wall frames as Roger Butz looks on.
24 AUG 2001
031
 Mont Nielson braces the Ealing room north exterior door frame.
24 AUG 2001
032
 Using the crane to put forms into place. 24 AUG 2001
033
 Using the crane to put Bruce Grim and Roger Butz into place.
24 AUG 2001
034
 Patrick Wiggins rode the crane to get this view of the Big Scope
room. Filled in electrical power trench is seen in the background.
24 AUG 2001
035
 Roger Butz, Erich Christley & Bruce Grim look on as Steve Bonnette
works on the wall & Mont Nielson moves a piece of frame into position.
24 AUG 2001
036
 Steve Bonnette works on the top of the Big Scope room wall.
24 AUG 2001
037
 Bruce Grim, roger Butz & Eric Christley inspect the forms.
24 AUG 2001 McNeil photo
038
 Looking west across SPOC 2. Steve Bonnette works in the background.
24 AUG 2001
039
 Patricia McWhorter inspects the south wall. 24 AUG 2001
040
 Looking east along the south wall as Erich Christley uses a laser
receiver to check the height of the wall. 24 AUG 2001
041
 Steve Bonnette operates the laser transmitter. 24 AUG 2001
042
 Bruce Grim drills the north cable access port as Siegfried Jachmann
looks on. 27 AUG 2001
043
 Siegfried Jachmann drills the south cable access port. He
reported he enjoyed the experience. 27 AUG 2001
044
 Patrick Wiggins punches out the north cable access port.
27 AUG 2001
045
 Bruce Grim peers through the north cable access port. 27
AUG 2001
046
 Siegfried Jachmann consults with Tooele County building inspector
Jim Richards. 27 AUG 2001
047
 Bruce Grim receives the ok from building inspector Jim Richards
to proceed with the pour. 27 AUG 2001
048
 CPC concrete truck #1 arrives, closely followed by Dudley Concrete's
concrete pumper. 27 AUG 2001
049
 Siegfried Jachmann and Bruce Grim confer with Gary Christley.
27 AUG 2001
050
 Team Christley prepare for the pour. 27 AUG 2001
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