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| August 2005: Lattice tower construction at INATEC |
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| The entrance to INATEC. |
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| A team of Rama digs one of the three anchor holes for the lattice tower. |
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| Pierre LeBlanc tries to escape from shop work. |
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| The work goes on into the night. |
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| 10 ft sections of the lattice tower. |
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| Ian Woofenden of Solar Energy International and HomePower Magazine drills bolt holes to attach two sections of tower. |
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| Ian cleans up a bolt hole. |
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| Philibert "Felipe" Maniez and Pierre "Jacobeam" Jamault of France drill bolt holes to attach two tower sections. |
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| The first 10 ft section of the tower is attached to the concrete base in the rain. |
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| Ismael Castillo of INATEC welds wire loops onto an anchor. |
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| Ian and Ismael discuss the pulley mechanism for raising tower sections. |
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| Ian works on the pulley system for raising tower sections. |
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| Ian works on the tower. |
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| Ian prepares to raise the pulley system to rais the next tower section. |
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| The first three sections of the lattice tower. |
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| The lattice tower under construction in the foreground and the tilt-up tower on the hill in the background. |
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| Ian works on the tower. |
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| Ian works on the tower. |
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| Mathias on the tower. |
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| Ariat and Norman review rope safety for tower climbing. |
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| Norman shows off the climbing safety harness. |
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| Ian and Kenry Martin prepare for the next section to be raised. |
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| The ground crew prepares to raise the next tower section (black piece in the upper right). |
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| The ground crew raises a tower section. |
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| Jacobeam takes a break from digging an anchor hole for another installation. |
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| The anchor hole crew takes shelter from the rain. |
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| An anchor hole fills up with its daily dose of water. |
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| Marina Stratagen of the Ministry of the Environment takes a break from the rain. |
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| Ariat and Mathias tighten guy wires in a downpour. |
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| The pulley mechanism at the top of the tower. |
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| Norman works on the final section of the tower. |
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| The tower is almost complete. |
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| After bailing rain water, the hole crew gets back to digging. |
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| Mathias at the top of the tower awaits the final section. |
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| View of the hill installation from the lattice tower. |
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| Norman guides the top section of the tower as a ground crew hoists it up. |
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| Mathias tightens a bolt to secure the final tower section. |
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| Ian and Mathias secure the top section. |
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| Ian and Mathias |
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| The completed lattice tower. |
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| The turbine is prepared for raising. |
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| An anchor for a new installation as seen from the lattice tower. |
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| An anchor for a new installation as seen from the lattice tower. |
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| The team prepares to receive the turbine. |
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| The team prepares to receive the turbine. |
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| Some final adjustments are made on the turbine. |
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| Finished! |
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