CHAPTER II, SECTION 4

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Figure No. 2-119.

Assembly Building — Nan — 70% Complete.

overpressure at Bikini Atoll. The main portion
of the building, Room 101, consisted of 28-foot-

ting of User-furnished equipment onto the shot

feet on centers with girt and purlin framing sup-

devices aboard with mobile cranes. The slips
were 40 feet, 5 inches clear by 127 feet long;

high, 31-foot-wide steel rigid frames spaced 20
porting V-beam-type protected metal roofing and
siding. A 15-ton electrically-operated bridge

crane with a 5-ton auxiliary hoist was located

in Room 101 and operated the length of the

building. An automatic absorption-type dehumidifier and a compressor-condenser unit was

installed outside the building with a ceiling-hung,
self-contained evaporator unit installed in Room
103 to take care of the close humidity and temperature control.
Building 204, Communications, was con-

structed to house inter-atoll and intra-atoll radio
communication equipment. The building was an
L-shaped concrete structure with one leg 27x80x
15 feet high. The other leg was 41x53x11 feet
high. The long portion of the structure was used
for transmitter and receiver equipment. The
shorter portion of the building was divided into

seven rooms off a central corridor plan. A Cyphony Room contained floor trenches. Other

rooms were used for maintenance, storage, radsafety, Dark Room, etc. A 9x12-foot Transformer Room and a 9x18-foot Fan Room were

included in the structure. To provice a highly
reliable power supply to the monitor and receiving

racks,

dual

switches were utilized.

regulators

and

transfer

A three-fingered Barge Slip and Assembly
Area were provided at Site Nan for the outfitPage 226

barges. The design was predicated on a need for

two quiet. water barge slips for loading weapon
the two end fingers were 45 feet, 7 inches wide;

and the center finger was 54 feet, 7 inches wide
to allow mobile crane access to serve eachslip.
Each slip was enclosed from the lagoon in front
by a steel gate, which was vertically removable
by use of a mobile crane. A catwalk on top of
each gate provided access between the slip fingers on the lagoon end.

TEMPORARY CAMPS.
Design criteria for the other temporary
camps were standardized, and all camps, except
the one at George, had similar facilities, vary-

ing only in the number of living quarters and
latrines required to accommodate the anticipated populations. Buildings were erected in

accordance with new Jobsite typical drawings
for temporary buildings which required wood
frame and plywood siding and metal roofs. Tents
were framed, covered with tentage and flies,
and mounted on concrete slabs. Power and water
distillation plants varied in production capacities

to meet local demands. Buildings at each site,
except George, provided for a Mess Hall and
Butcher Shop, Construction Office, Camp Store
and Post Office, Refreshment Center, Fire
House and First Aid Station, Timekeeping Of-

fice, Warehouse, Carpenter Shop, Plumbing and

Electrical Shop, Vehicle Repair Shop, Water

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