ASHLEY 12/20/10

Lots happening up to Ashley last week and this week.  Trusses are all up, lots of excavation work, hopefully fabric being pulled this week.

 This is the last of the straw and seeding for the large detention area out front.

 Here it is.  You can see that it dwarfs the 30,000 gal tanks in the background.  Also note the 50 foot flagpole has been installed.

 There are lots of cables and support perlins to install.

 Much of the swale ditch is final shaped and seeded.  Who knew you could do so much excavation work and plant grass in this weather.

 Swale Ditch

 Added stone right up to rail with boulders to keep truck traffic out.  Will clean up this area and eliminate mowing right along the tracks.

 Looks nice and clean.

 Remember, they are still working, loading railcars and moving materials up here.  There is more storage now in Ashley than there is in St. Johns.

 View looking to the south.

View looking to the south.  Swale ditch on right.  Scales and flagpole in the middle. 

 Again - a little bigger than the tanks.

 These guys spend a lot of time way up in the air.

 Inside the building.

 Looking up.

 I hope they are not trying to fill those pails with the pump.

 Put some temoprary rock along the rail where we were unable to get the cement completed.  This will keep the guys out of the mud until we can get cement in next spring.

 Another view.

Notice that he has a LIQUID hat on.  I am going to have to give more of these out if it makes guys happy working 60 feet off the ground in 20 degree temperatures.