Pipeline Construction

After a couple days of rainy weather today's sunshine and blue sky were good news for the placement of the 24 inch valve assembly ("pig launcher"). The "pig launcher" was transported along the pipeline right-of-way from Bliss Road to an unloading point on our property.



The crew rigs the "pig launcher" to excavators for the unload from the truck.



The "pig launcher" is attached to the excavators and ready to lift.



Four excavators lift the "pig launcher" and the truck drives out from under it.



With truck out of the way, the excavators start moving the "pig launcher" to its finial location, several hundred yards away.




The excavator operators pay close attention to directions from the spotters as all four excavators move together. With two of the excavators moving in reverse.



As the excavators get close to the finial location the ground is very soft and muddy from the recent rains.



The "pig launcher" is placed on the concrete supports.



With the 24 inch "pig launcher" (on the left) in place, it can now be connected to the 20 inch "pig launcher" (on the right) and the south section of the pipeline.