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Day #15
| Monday, April
24, 2000
The crew took the weekend off,
both to rest and to celebrate Easter. Everyone arrived refreshed
this morning and set about finalizing the installation of the fire hydrant
at the Patterson Street -- Omio Road
intersection.
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Photo at right shows, left to
right, Bob Elwell (behind hydrant), Steve Place, Steve Spiegel
and Bob Grimm.
Photo below shows Steve Spiegel
and Bob Elwell shaping a rock base that will be covered with cement and
coarse gravel, forming a foundation to anchor the
hydrant.
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Looking down the pipe at the
assembly one sees the blue pipe itself, orange gate valve and hydrant. The
gate valve permits the city to control the flow of water to the
hydrant, so if the hydrant becomes old or is
somehow damaged, the city can shut the water off at the valve and
effect replacement or repair. |
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for the afternoon include laying the 8-inch line from Patterson Street
to the water tower. This will enable the city to pressure test
the work completed thus far. It will also provide time for
the crew to figure out how they are going to traverse a cement bridge
found on Omio Road immediately south of the Patterson-Omio
intersection. Although by definition it is more a culvert then a
bridge, the devise still presents a logistical problem.
Odds are the crew will be forced to cross at an angle, but that will
require them to dig to depth of 7 feet or more, which is out of the
range of the trencher currently in use. |
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