Miscellaneous

Some facts about the tower:
  1. Each concrete ring on the tower is 7’ tall.
  2. The concrete tower is 96’ tall.
  3. The pipe on the top of the tower is 37’ tall.
  4. The steel tank weighs about 85,000 lbs.
  5. The steel on the angled bottom of the tank is ¾ inches thick.
  6. The steel of the bottom vertical ring of the tank is 3/8’ thick.
  7. The steel of the middle vertical ring of the tank is 5/16” thick.
  8. The steel of the top vertical ring of the tank is ¼ inches thick.
  9. The tank will hold 1,000,000 gallons of water.
  10. The top of the big crane when fully extended was about 150’.
  11. The hydraulic jacks used to lift the tank have the lift cable running through them. Each lift is 10”. After each lift they lower the jacks & move the hold clamp back down to the top of the jack.
  12. After the tank was lifted all the way up, they cut the free end of the cables off.
  13. They will now use steel & concrete to fix the tank to the top of the tower.
  14. Then they will weld the top on the tank.
  15. They still have to coat the inside of the tank, sterilize it, & paint the outside.
12-3-10 8:35: Cleaning up an oil leak.
12-3-10 9:04: The hudraulic jacks fully raised.
12-3-10 9:05: Taping the holding clamps down.
12-3-10: Interface of tower & tank full zoom.
12-3-10: Interface of tower & tank full digital zoom.
12-3-10: Big crane used for lifting to the top of tank.