August 6 to September 1, 2004
Land Site Preparation
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A lot of work was involved with preparing the land sites to accommodate the new cables. Large vaults, used for anchoring the composite cable at landfall, were set at Blakely North, Blakely South, Decatur North and Orcas at Deer Point.
Left: The M/V Pintail transports a vault to Decatur for offload
Below Left: The vaults were transported by truck to the vault sites
Below: The vault pit at Blakely North
Below Left: The vault being set into the pit
Below: Backfilling around the installed vault and lid
