This was a groups of protesters from New York. I think the leader missed her calling as a cheerleader sponsor at Podunk Hollar' High School. Their battle cry was,"Obama, Obama. We don't want no frackin' drama," and also "Ban fracking now! Ban fracking now! Ban fracking now!"
Now, they are heading out to their tour bus, ready for the next stop.
This yellow thing is the plant generator (in case of loss of power). This is the back up so gas keeps flowing.
This is the compressor building (with the black exhausts) and the turbine building off to the left .
Here we are at the south end of the compressor building. The generator building is in the back, and the roof tops of MCC1, MCC2, and the warehouse on the lower right corner. MCC stands for motor control center.
This is the back of the compressor building with the coolers that cool the gas.
The little tanks are for waste, such as glycol. This is known as the "tank farm".
The curved pipe goes into a gas filter, which cleans the gas before it goes on down the line. This keeps your stove doesn't get gummed up or what ever.
The five tanks behind the low building are air tanks to start the compressors. The yellow pole is called a bollard, and keeps someone from running in to the pipes. I kept hearing about "bollards", and had not a clue what they were until I saw them--pipes poured full of concrete with bright yellow jackets over them. Heck! I see them everywhere now.
The big round thing is the turbine cooler. The turbine moves and pushes the gas.
Corey Grimes loading stuff to go the shop for other jobs.
We are looking at the turbine compressor. This compresses the gas so that it will flow; gas doesn't just whoosh up the pipe on it's own. I has to be forced.
Here is the turbine building.
Finishing up a job is lots of work. These boys are laying filter fabric on the ground, and then putting gravel on top of it.
Mr. Gelasio is lifting a roll of the filter fabric--heavy stuff. He also worked at Snake Creek.
This young man is running a vibrating packer called a blade tamper. This is the first prep for fabric and then gravel.
Here is an interesting piece of equipment; it is remote control roller, a small version of a sheep foot packer. No one rides on it; he runs it like a video game!
These are the dehy canopies (top left in the picture), and lots of the piping. The dehy takes the water out of the gas.
This thing behind the yellow bollards is the receiver for the free flow line.
Now, these tall tanks are called contactors, and they help clean the gas along with the dehys.
Just another view of the canopies. This looks like a shrine when you see it all lit up in the dark when you are driving up the steep road north of here, better known as Puzos hill.
Here is the pipe line that comes up to Central to bring the gas in.
Efrain Zavala (no hard hat), and Dave Theis. Efrain is the civil general foreman, and Dave is the building superintendent. He is finishing the job for us here at Central. Dave has been in the construction business all his life, and he knows everything there is to know about buildings.
Richard Wega is our safety man here at Central. He is lots of fun, and very serious about safety. Thanks Richard.
This brother-in-law, Tommy Stanaland, getting a trailer ready to move material to the shop.
This is my husband, Bobby, on the phone buying pipe or something for the next job we are going to.
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It's hard to believe that we have been working in Pennsylvania for more than a year now. Here it is nearly fall again. The days are getting shorter, and I found the first fall leaf on my noon walk.
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