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base, concluding construction work on that site.
Work was started
on that date on the Timing Station and the generator shack adjacent
to it.
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Gamma Station"B" and "C" were started on 9 February with the sites
surveyed, excavations commenced and the batter boards erected.
The
Photo Tower was completed this date.
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Blast footing "B" was surveyed on 10 February and construction
~ commenced on it the following day.
The 10th also son the cable anchor
poured and the llth the slab and paving under the 200 foot tower were
poured.
The survey party completed their work and departed, also
on the llth.
lst Sergeant Gm , of Regimental Headquarters Company,
took over the constructimof the Blast Footings, ably assisted by
Technician Fourth Grade Qi, ond Qpue of
_this unit.
This crew started work on Blast Footing "A" on 12 February.
Erection of the fifty (50) foot poles also commenced this date.
They
. were completed on the 17th.
On 18 February all blast footings on Aoman were completed and
the following days work started on eight of the footings on Biijiri.
The generator shack on Biijiri was completed this date.
Staff Sergeant QD conducted experiments in soil
stabilization during the period 16 to 20 February, employing the.use
of a soil cement mixture.
Experiments were also performed by sowing
plots of ground with oats and grass.
It was the soil cement combination
however that was later to play a big part in stabilizing the
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