Stat
28a +
- The
28a, Engebi and Runit,
Agmon Group
~ NOBL,
Stations 29a through k - Engebi_ ~- NOBL.
Stations
30a,
b
dc - Engebi,
These were small, 6 foot by 5$
Same as Station
Same as Station 28a
The Aomon Gr
and
it_- NOBL.
foot interior dimensions, wood buildings
used to store the component parts of the rockets,
(See Station 32).
The description was furnished to H&N orally by AEC, The building was
protected from the blast by providing earth cover on the front, sides,
and roof,
On October 20, 1950, Stations 30a, b, and c on The Aomon
Group were relocated,
Stati
a through e - Runit and Engebi - NOBL,
Although the
rocket launchers required no engineering by H&N, the Civil Department
was kept busy locating and relocating them on the site plans. The original locations were established by the first Los Alamos Instrument Chart.
On January 16, 1950, it was necessary to move Station 32c on The Aomon
Group because of relocation of Station 125,
On February 10, 1950, Station
32a on Runit was relocated due to changing shore line of the island,
On
February 15, 1950, Station 32d on Runit was authorized, and on October 21,
1950, Station 32b on Runit was deleted, Another change in shore line
necessitated moving Station 32c on Runit on December 23, 1950.
Stati
t
bi bi and Runit ~ NOBL, Stations were
essentially the same as Station 27 except that the gauges were each
mounted on a 2 inch diameter steel stake instead of several being mounted
in a concrete foundation.
The stakes were 6 feet long with a threaded
section at the top for fastening either a driving head for pounding the
stakes into the ground or for fastening the ball-crusher mount.
In order
to give proper access to the base of the 300 foot tower on Engebi, it was
necessary to move Stations 33a and b on October 27, 1950.
Stations 348 through d - Engebi and Runit - NOBL.
Same as Station
33; the only difference was that these stations were located along a
different line raaiating from zero, On February 23, 1951, it was necessary
to move Stations 34a, b, c, and d on Runit.
Station
bi,
The Aomon
G
ad Runit - NOBL, This was a
15 foot long boom hung from the zero towers to support the pretest dynamite
explosion for calibrating the velocity gauges.
a rope and pulley rig.
J-Division on June 14, 1950.
construction,
The charge was placed by
The design information and location were given by
No trouble was encountered in the design or
Stations 36a through f - Engebi, and Stations 36a through e - Runit
and The Aomon Group - NOBL. These ground shock stations were holes in
the ground to a depth where a steel mounting plate could be secured to
the rock formation, The shoring of the hole was accomplished by use of
36 inch diameter, 12 gauge corrugated steel pipe, The mounting plate
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