CHAPTER II, SECTION 5

Figure 2-120.

Station 1341 - Completing Bulkhead and Fill

for the shutters of less than one second. The
large, rectangular shutter doors of these camera
hunkers were subjected to extensive performance testing to insure that (a) they would
close within the allowable 0.5 seconds of time.
and (b) they would latch securely without rebound. High-speed cameras, and special timing
devices were used. Minor adjustments to latches
and springs were necessary, as weil as the an-

ticipated replacement of lead sill blocks deformed by repeated performance tests. The shutter
doors on Stations 1342, 2300 and 2301 were simi-

larly tested. The high pressures that would occur
and the peculiar arrangement of the structure
presented
several
unprecedented structural
problems. And because of the large exposed
frontal area and its proximity to ground zero,
stability and overturning calculations were

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