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Posted By: electure Meanwhile, Back at the Junkyard - 01/27/05 12:34 AM
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Rollie, can you tell us what's up here?
Posted By: e57 Re: Meanwhile, Back at the Junkyard - 01/27/05 08:43 AM
Flood? And the J-box is accessible via magnet on a crane and a pump over a few days.

Let me guess the pump, and crane are electric, and fed from this service thats down due to the flood?

Is there are a sign that says, "Welcome to Lake Scrap Iron"
Posted By: Bjarney Re: Meanwhile, Back at the Junkyard - 01/27/05 05:02 PM
e57 — a most perceptive remark.

"...accessible via magnet on a crane..."
Posted By: NORCAL Re: Meanwhile, Back at the Junkyard - 01/27/05 07:23 PM
Actually,the water is not much more than 2" deep,(its all concrete)the service is quite live,and the truck bed full of iron was pushed into the j-box w/a loader.

The photo does not show it but there are HV lines above the area where the building housing the switchboard is, the crane is a little ways down from that area.

P.S. One must have pity on the PG&E meter readers,having to navigate the water and scrap metals.
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