Station25-Engebi-NOBL,

This structure was another blast hut

for the same purpose as Stations 23a and b. The building was new, The
original interior size, as per drawings received by H&N on January 30,

1950, was 20 feet by 15 feet by 7 feet high.

On April 24, 1950, a

letter from J-Division changed the size to 15 feet by 14 feet by 7 feet.

The walls and ceiling were 16 inch reinforced concrete, with an earth

fill placed against the front and two sides up to the elevation of the
roof, Originally the structure was to have had a partition to divide

the space into two rooms, with a separate exit door from each room, but
this idea was discarded in favor of one room and one exit. ‘So as to
standardize the blast doors, e clear opening of 2 feet, 2 inches by 5

feet, 6 inches was set, The doors were then made strong enough to resist the maximum anticipated side-on pressure, They were also so con-

In nearly every case, the
structed to be airtight and watertight.
doors were installed in pairs, one on each side of the opening provided in the concrete wall.

Stations 26a and b - Engebi — NOBL. These stations were the anchors
for the barrage balloons, The anchors were concrete footings 5 feet by

5 feet by 2 feet deep.

The drawings were completed February 8, 1950.

On March 15, 1950, the bolt arrangement was changed, and on May 27, 1950,
the final location of the stations was given by Los Alamos,

Station 26c - Runit - NOBL.

Same as Stations 26a and b, Engebi,

Stations 27a through d — Engebi and Runit - NOBL.

The stations

were ball~-crusher gauge mounts utilizing a concrete foundation. The
original sketches were given H&N on January 30, 1950, at a meeting in
Washington, D.C. The concrete footing was approximately 2 feet, 6 inches
square by 6 feet deep. A special problem that arose was that of a designing a hook and latch to hold the cover plate on during test tine

when the pressure and temperatures were extremely high and still permit
the removal of the cover plate rapidly a short time after the test.

NOBL furnished the copper balls used in the gauges, H&N furnished all
other parts, The top plate dimensions were revised by NOBL on September

27, 1950.

Stations 27a and b on Engebi were relocated on October 27, 1950,

in order to give clear access to the 300 foot tower base.

Stations 28a

+

- Engebi

and

t - NOBL.

These stations

were velocity instrument posts for measuring the velocity of the shock

wave and consisted primarily of an NOBL instrument mounted on a 10 foot

high, 3 inch diameter pipe. These were used as part of the blast line
measurements, The pipe was embedded in a concrete foundation, the pipe
being curved 90° inside the foundations, An access pit was left at the
point where the pipe emerged from the footing, The first design infor-

mation was an oral description by the Blast Program Chief at the January
30, 1950, meeting in Washington, D.C, On June 21, 1950, the location
tolerances were established, Final corrections by NOBL were made on
June 28, 1950, On October 26, 1950, it was necessary to move Station
28j at Runit in order to move it out of the camp area.

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