By agreement with the scientific personnel involved, no cables were laid
on the seaward side of the causeway in order to permit an earlier start
on the curbing. Stiteen inch wide by 5Q-foot long sheets of flat piling
left over from the Hawaiian Dredging Company operation were used as the
curb. Threaded together to make a sheet 32” wide, they were set 121
apart and tied beck to the causeway walls by welding to scrap 6“ angles
and reinforcing steel. The road was surfaced with local coral rock and
sand.
Stabilizationwas required around the Gamma Stations and along the
lines of sight to eliminate interference from dust. The areas immediately
adjacent to Gamma Stations A and B were stabilizedwith soil.cement, and
the area around @mna C was covered with coarse sand. In addition, a
sand strip 100’ wide was laid from tk

stabilizedarea at Gamma A to the

400~ station and from the stabilizedarea at Gamma B to the AomonBiijiri lagoon. The 5 to 8 ton roller and the disc harrow used for the
soil cement work could not be used in the soft sandy areas because the
roller dug itself in, and the harrow penetrated too deeply. In these
areas, mixing was done by hand and the soil cement was rolled by truck.
In addition to the above conetnction, during the period of 1 March
to 6 April, assistance was given to the various AEC technical groups in
eetting up their installations. This assistance consisted of interior
wiring, ditching for cables, laying come cables, erecting tent workshops, unloading nmterial, providing covered storage space, and furnishing
small crews to work directly with the scientists and technicians.

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