CHAPTER I!, SECTION 5 The ten-ton pneumatic crane was subjected to a detailed performance test for safety and capacity. CONSTRUCTION. Construction was scheduled to start on 1 August and to be completed by 31 December. Actual work started on 22 September and was completed on 26 January 1954. Figure 2-77 notes the 12-inch H-piles driven and foundation forms in place on 7 October. Figure 2-78 notes metal framework installed as of 8 November. Figure 2-79 shows Station 50 as 95% completed on 5 January. Security fencing is shown in foreground. The security area is at the far right. Figure 2-8C notes the security area with Station 50 (in rear) completed as of 5 February. Figure 2-81 shows a late change in criteria (noted above) in which the metal siding was replaced by canvas. This photograph was taken on 27 February. Figure 2-82 notes the clearing required at site Uncle in order to obtain a line of sight on Station 50 for Stations located on sites Victor, William and other islands. On the extreme rear center is Station 50 on site Tare. STATION 60 AND 62 - ZERO STATION & TV ROOM STATION - SITE RUBY USERS: UCRL AND EG&G GENERAL. Station 60 was a steel framed 40’-0" x 60’-0” x 35'-0" high. The building had wood purlins and was covered with corrugated MECHANICAL. Station 62 had a ten-ton bridge crane inside the building which ran on a rail girder. The television and electronic equipment reoms in this Station haa dehumidification units. ELECTRICAL. Theelectrical layout was predicated on a mock-up structure built by UCRL at Livermore, California, similar to Station 50. Power was supplied from the power house on site Ursula. A substation at Station 60, consisting of three 75 KVA transformers, supplied the power for that area. ENGINEERING. The initial criteria were received 1 May. Additional criteria were received 27 May, 5 June, 18 June, 29 June and 5 August. The initial design work started 21 May. Ten drawings and two sketches were prepared and submitted from 24 June through 18 November. The plans were approved from 4 Aug. through 21 December. CONSTRUCTION, Construction was scheduled to commence on | August and to compiete by 31 December. Actual work started on 21 August and was completed on 23 January 1954. Figure tem ewe Figure 2-83. “" 1 ! Station 60 - 66% Completed ‘Page 2-93 i | fae rem? | keene are: aluminum. The floor was a concrete slab poured on grade and supported on eight piles. Adjacent to and attached to Station 60 was a wood framed, wood sheathed building 31'-u” x 267.0" x 10’-0" high, within which was Station 62, a 15-foot by 20-foot room.