CHAPTER I!, SECTION 3
Requirements for these stations consisted
of providing space in existing CASTLE
Station 101, George, and in Station 1320, Dog.
No construction was involved. Minus one minute
andminus one second timing signals were supplied.
STATIONS:
PURPOSE:
SITES:
USER:
PARTICIPATION:
CONSTRUCTION:
OCCUPANCY:
250.01 thru 250.03 and
251.01
Neutron Flux Detectors
Charlie and Charlie-Dog
Reef
DOD-2
18
3-23-56/4-4-56
4-6-56
These stations were concrete foundations
set flush with the ground except for 251.01,
which was on the reef and set 12 inches above
high tide. Each station was 6’ x 12’ x 3’ deep
except for Station 251.01, which was 6’ x 21’ x 6’.
A detector was mounted on a steel plate that
slanted at an angle normal to the Station 18
height of burst. A total of 8 cubic yards of concrete, with an average 28-day strength of 4,450
psi was poured for Stations 250.01 thru .03,
18 cubic yards for Station 251.01.
STATIONS:
PURPOSE:
SITE:
252.01 thru 252.11
Threshold Detectors
Yvonne
USER:
DOD-2
PARTICIPATION: 7
These stations were User-furnished detectors clipped to the crossarms of Stations 1211.01
through 1211.11. (See description on 1211 station series. )
STATIONS:
PURPOSE:
SITES:
USER:
PARTICIPATION:
CONSTRUCTION:
253.01 thru 253.06,
253.08 thru 253.13,
253.15 thru 253.29,
253.32 thru 253.40 and
253.42 thru 253.51
Threshold Detectors
Tilda and Sally
DOD-2
1 and 2
2-16-56/6-9-56
These stations consisted of various types of
detectors. Type one was a 3”-diameter 4’-high
standard pipe buried in an 8”-diameter concrete
footing to a minimum depth of 4’. Type two was
a 3” diameter, approximately 4’ high, standard
pipe buried in a 2’-square by 4’-deep reinforced
concrete block. Type three was a 3” diameter,
approximately 4’ long, standard pipe buried in
an 8” concrete footing 4’ deep. A 3/8” wire rope
with 1” minimum slack was bolted at each end
to retain the pipe after the blast sheared it at
the base. Types four and five consisted of 1”
plow cables laid on top of sandbags and sawhorses, respectively, both with User-furnished
instruments attached.
One-inch steel cable was used to assist in
recovering the detectors, which were spaced at
approximate 300-foot centers along the cable.
Three runs of cable were utilized in conjunction
with Station 1, and three runs with Station 2.
Sandbags kept the cable in place. The detectors
were raised 4’ above the ground by using wooden
horses beginning at a point 900 feet from each
zero station. Stations 253.42 through 253.51
consisted of detectors clipped to the crossarm
of a pipe column set in the reef. The height of
the crossarm was 6 feet above high tide. (For
description of these stakes, see station series
1211.)
A total of four cubic yards of concrete was
poured.
STATION:
PURPOSE:
SITE:
255.01
Neutron Effects
Yvonne
USER:
DOD-2
PARTICIPATION: 7
CONSTRUCTION: 5-14-56/6-7-56
This station consisted of six boxes, each
3’ x 3’ x 3’ high with 6”-thick reinforced concrete top and side walls. The bottom was open
and set in the ground to a depth of 6 inches.
The top was made removable by the use of bolts.
All boxes were spaced 3’ apart in an array approximately 750’ from Station 7. Box 1 was
plain reinforced concrete; Box 2 concrete was
User-furnished; Box 3 concrete contained 20
pounds of borax; Box 4 concrete contained 40
pounds of borax; Box 5 concrete contained 60
pounds of dry sulphur and Box 6 concrete contained 15 pounds of dry sulphur. All the boxes
were made in the testing laboratory at Elmer
to ensure proper mixing and curing. A total of
16 cubic yards of concrete was poured.
STATION:
PURPOSE:
257.01 thru 257.03
Neutron Studies
SITE:
Charlie
USER:
DOD-2
PARTICIPATION: 18
These stations consisted of soil samples
placed in a depressed section of concrete within
Stations 250.01, .02 and .03.
STATION:
PURPOSE:
SITE:
USER:
PARTICIPATION:
261.01
Rocket Launching
How
DOD
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