CHAPTER Il, SECTION 3
Common telephone outlets were provided
in the cab and at the base of the tower. Field
telephone and intercom outlets were installed at
each platform and connected to those in Station
2200. Coaxial cables from the tower were run in
conduits to the Optical Room of Station 2200 for
connection by the User.
6ly-foot-square spread footings and four 8x5\4foot-deep concrete anchor blocks were required
to support each structure.
All of these stations were cancelled prior
to construction.
STATION:
2253
STATION:
2251
SITE:
Sugar
SITE:
Sugar
SER:
UCRL
USER:
UCRL
PURPOSE:
Cerenkov Detector
PURPOSE:
Detector Station
PARTICIPATION: 11, 12, and 13
PARTICIPATION: 11, 12, and 13
DESIGN PSI:
DESIGN PSI:
CONSTRUCTION: 4-7-58/4-18-58
4.5 psi
CONSTRUCTION: 3-24-58/4-19-58
A concrete shelter was located on the 50-foot
level of the tower, Station 2250, and adjacent to
the metal shelter. The station was 6x9x5 feet
high. The side, end walls, and the floor slab
were one inch thick. The front wall was 20 inches
thick and contained an 8-inch pipe sleeve. There
was no concrete roof on the station, but the
interior was lined with lead 6 to 10 inches thick
and 8-inch-thick sections of lead covered with
plywood formed the top of the structure.
A two-ton capacity jib crane located adjacent to the concrete station was used to hoist
4.5 psi
This station was located at the base of the
tower, Station 2250, in the earth-barricade over
Station 2200. An 8-inch concrete slab, 544x7%
feet, supported a lead brick structure, 3144x6x2
feet high. Two compartments were formed by
exterior walls of 2-inch lead, a front wall of 4
inches, an interior wall of 6 inches, and a roof
of 2-inch lead. Wood framing contained and sup-
ported the lead. A 6-inch-diameter steel pipe
16 feet long extended from the front wall and
was supported on adjustable steel frames on
concrete footings. Three feet of sandbags over
the structure provided additional shielding.
lead shapes into place. A canvas-covered, ply-
STATION:
2260
Station 2251. A pair of adjustable saddle sup-
SITE:
Tare
USER:
UCRL
PURPOSE:
Converter Tower
wood-framed weather shelter was provided over
ports seated a User-furnished collimator pipe
in line with the concrete shelter and aimed toward the Tare bargesite.
STATIONS:
2252.01 through .06
SITE:
Sugar
USER:
UCRL
PURPOSE:
Detectors
PARTICIPATION: None
DESIGN PSI:
0.5 psi
CONSTRUCTION: None
Stations 2252.01 and .04 were to be large,
steel-framed baffles at the 3714-foot foot level
of the tower, Station 2250. They were 14 feet
wide, 16 feet high, of steel angle frame with
canvas facing. Both baffles were to be fastened
using bracing angles to the 50-foot level.
Stations 2252.02, .03, .05 and .06 were to
be 16-foot-high by 15-foot-wide plywood-covered
wood baffles located about 60 feet above grade.
Each baffle was to utilize one side of two 25-foot
bays of a standard shot tower for support, including ladders and cages. These panels were to
be guyed at the 25- and 50-foot levels. Two
PARTICIPATION: 11, 12, and 13
DESIGN PSI:
None
CONSTRUCTION: 4-7-58/4-26-58
A 1014-foot-square wood frame supported
a User-furnished graphite plate. The plate was
4x51 feet located about the center of the frame
and supported by three 4x6-inch timbers. The
frame was mounted on a ball joint mechanism
for adjustment of the frame in all planes. The
assembly rested on a 214-foot-square wood
platform supported on a concrete slab for stability. After the frame was positioned, it was
braced to maintain alignment.
STATION:
SITE:
USER:
PURPOSE:
PARTICIPATION:
DESIGN PSI:
CONSTRUCTION:
2270
Tare
UCRL
Coax Splice Box
11, 12, and 13
600 psi
2-6-58, 4-26-58
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