New WMTV-15 and WBUW-57 Tower

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[Tower Image #601]
601 - 9/06/04 - 00:43
The last opportunity to shoot both towers at a time when the red lights are operational. There are no operational lights on the old tower. What appears to be lights is nothing but a relection from the new tower. Tomorrow the old tower starts coming down (if it doesn't rain :-).
[Tower Image #602]
602 - 9/06/04 - 13:38
[Tower Image #603]
603 - 9/06/04 - 13:44
[Tower Image #604]
604 - 9/06/04 - 13:49
[Tower Image #605]
605 - 9/06/04 - 14:04
[Tower Image #606]
606 - 9/06/04 - 14:11
[Tower Image #607]
607 - 9/06/04 - 14:18
Well, it stopped raining before the workday started at 8am, but it is cloudy and windy, not good for lowering sections. The morning was spent rigging the anchors in order to get ready to remove the next set of guy wires. This shot is when work was getting started on the C leg.
[Tower Image #608]
608 - 9/06/04 - 14:22
[Tower Image #609]
609 - 9/06/04 - 14:22
[Tower Image #610]
610 - 9/06/04 - 14:40
[Tower Image #611]
611 - 9/06/04 - 14:41
[Tower Image #612]
612 - 9/06/04 - 14:53
[Tower Image #613]
613 - 9/06/04 - 14:58
[Tower Image #614]
614 - 9/06/04 - 15:02
[Tower Image #615]
615 - 9/06/04 - 17:11
[Tower Image #616]
616 - 9/06/04 - 17:12
[Tower Image #617]
617 - 9/06/04 - 17:14
[Tower Image #618]
618 - 9/06/04 - 17:19
[Tower Image #619]
619 - 9/06/04 - 17:19
[Tower Image #620]
620 - 9/06/04 - 17:25
[Tower Image #621]
621 - 9/06/04 - 17:35
[Tower Image #622]
622 - 9/06/04 - 17:49
[Tower Image #623]
623 - 9/06/04 - 17:54
[Tower Image #624]
624 - 9/06/04 - 17:58
[Tower Image #625]
625 - 9/06/04 - 17:59
[Tower Image #626]
626 - 9/06/04 - 18:01
[Tower Image #627]
627 - 9/06/04 - 18:02
[Tower Image #628]
628 - 9/06/04 - 18:04
Because the wind was too high, the rest of the day was spent trimming the trees that have branches in the way of the guy wires that are being lowered. If not, the cables can snag and break the tree branches. They also put up the last large ice shield. With any luck, the winds will be low enough so that they can start tearing down the old tower.
[Tower Image #629]
629 - 9/06/04 - 18:15
[Tower Image #629]
630 - 9/06/04 - 18:19
[Tower Image #631]
631 - 9/06/04 - 18:21
[Tower Image #632]
632 - 9/06/04 - 18:29
[Tower Image #633]
633 - 9/06/04 - 18:30
[Tower Image #634]
634 - 9/06/04 - 18:42
[Tower Image #635]
635 - 9/06/04 - 18:42
[Tower Image #636]
636 - 9/06/04 - 18:46
[Tower Image #637]
637 - 9/06/04 - 18:46
[Tower Image #638]
638 - 9/06/04 - 18:49
[Tower Image #639]
639 - 9/06/04 - 18:53
[Tower Image #640]
640 - 9/06/04 - 18:57
[Tower Image #641]
641 - 9/06/04 - 18:58
[Tower Image #642]
642 - 9/06/04 - 19:00
[Tower Image #643]
643 - 9/06/04 - 19:01
[Tower Image #644]
644 - 9/06/04 - 19:02
[Tower Image #645]
645 - 9/06/04 - 19:04
[Tower Image #646]
646 - 9/06/04 - 19:16
[Tower Image #647]
647 - 9/06/04 - 19:17
[Tower Image #648]
648 - 9/06/04 - 19:20
[Tower Image #649]
649 - 9/06/04 - 19:29
[Tower Image #650]
650 - 9/06/04 - 19:59
[Tower Image #651]
651 - 9/06/04 - 20:06
Notes:
  • There are up to six riggers working up in the tower.
  • The very bottom section is 16' and is one foot AGL.
  • The next six sections at the bottom are about 26.667'.
  • Each remaining section is 20'.
  • The T-bar is 11'.
  • Currently scheduled date for antenna sticks to be installed: 8/1/04.
  • The antennas will be hoisted into place.
  • One of the copper signal feeders will carry channel 15. The other copper feeder will carry a combined 19 and 32 (DTV). The waveguide will carry channel 57.
  • Original images are 2560x1920 - TIFF (5 Mpixel)
  • Starting with the 6/15/04 images, they are 3264x2448 - TIFF (8 Mpixel)
  • Enlarged views are 720x540 cuts
  • Blowup views are 360x270 cuts enlarged to 720x540
  • The EXIF value for the time the shots were taken is CST, not CDT
  • Starting with the 6/15/04 images, the EXIF value for the time the shots were taken is GMT

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