Cooby Creek Installation photos – from Neil Sandford

 

Neil Sandford took these transparencies as the Transportable Ground Station equipment was unpacked and assembled in September 1966. Larger versions of many of these slides are available.


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01. Arrival of vans and general assembly.

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13A. View towards Office & Canteen Vans.

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Here’s a rough panorama made from the above two photos.

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02. Positioning vans.

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02A. 40ft Antenna Pedestal on trailer.

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03. 40ft Antenna Pedestal Dish assembly.

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04. OCC Center Van moving to position.

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05. Antenna Assembly with mobile crane.

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06. Tricky Positioning 3 OCC Vans.

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07. Backup Structure ready for panels.

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08. Dish erection.

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09. Dish erection – almost there.

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10. Erected. Note hydraulic rams.

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11. Cables ready to lay in ducts.

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In fond memory of Neil Sandford.
And thanks to Bruce Ekert for delivering the scans.

Images restored and colour-corrected by Colin Mackellar.