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[Tom in Bristol]

Interesting ..... now I know what all the noise has been....

tapadriving ...... hillbilly style

 

Yeppers, and here's a closer look at that vertical jack hammer! (Not in use right now)

 

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[Tom in Bristol]

Now they've got a scraper moving dirt near the strip mall and former RV Campground. All the mobile homes just over the hill have been removed.

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[johnthehillbilly]

With all the development right now in Bristol ...... You know the city of Kingsport is kicking themselves in the butt..... City council denied funding they said "there will be way too much traffic, and in the long run will cost more than its worth, ROI will be lower than the initial cost" ....... Typical Kingsport garbage.....

tapadriving .... hillbilly style

[Tom in Bristol]

There are probably folks in both Bristols that are skeptical about the Bass Pro and Cabelas projects financially...all I'm really interested in is how VZW's 4G signal will turn out!

 

Oh...and I also hope for a new Waffle House near Exit 5! lol

[johnthehillbilly]

I think it will turn out great (bass pro and cabellas)

The new 4g tower is hopefully going to be great.... When I'm at home I get 4g sometimes (west side of Kingsport) bit then there are other times where 4g is just a dream LOL

tapadriving .... hillbilly style

[Tom in Bristol]

They are still blasting/hauling rocks away at the new site and yesterday a semi/low-boy showed up with the new tower support legs. Talked to the driver and he said 'No way!' was he gonna haul that low-boy up the new (Steep!) road in the pouring rain, so they off loaded him near the Honda shop at the base of the old tower hill.

 

Eighteen sections at 20 ft in length is nowhere near enough for the height the new tower is supposed to be, so there may be more low-boys en route.

 

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[Tom in Bristol]

And, yes...more tower parts the next day with smaller and smaller diameter for the upper sections. Lots of cross members for bracing and the cartons probably contain all the nuts and bolts.

 

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[Tom in Bristol]

Meanwhile, they keep on jack hammering those rocks!

 

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[Tom in Bristol]

Stopped to see Marty today and he let me know they had run a power line in to the new tower site so, of course, I had to go take a look! Ya gotta admit that this is the first time I got my finger in the way!

 

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[Tom in Bristol]

There was also a black cable laying on the ground following the path of the power line. Anyone recognize what this is used for, possibly video surveillance?

 

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[Tom in Bristol]

Sooo...they've finished blasting and made the pit deep enough for the base foundation slab. Into that first pour they installed three re-bar assemblies for the tower legs. They are arranging pre-fab forms around the re-bar for the next concrete pour and will probably install some kind of base plate at the top of the re-bar next.

 

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[Tom in Bristol]

Another angle looking at the slab and re-bar.

 

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[Tom in Bristol]

Looking back toward the old cell tower.

 

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[Tom in Bristol]

We've also been hearing equipment running around elsewhere on the project site lately and today I could see where they have begun site prep for one of the stores.

 

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[johnthehillbilly]

I may have to come up there this weekend and poke around and be nosey LOL  (since I will be home)

[Tom in Bristol]

If you do, PM me and maybe we can find some coffee without going through PayPal!  :

[johnthehillbilly]

I will for sure do that (depending on the "honey-do" list I have when I get home) LOL

[hadeshorn9]

Tom,

 

That cables is as stated is fiber optic's. They can run pretty much anything over it and given it's part number it looks like it has 24 strands!

Just one of them you can run 10Gb/s data over it, and that's just one light wave color as well. So they certainly can push serious data through it and video is trivial bandwidth for surveillance of the site.

Pretty cool project! 

[Tom in Bristol]

Tom,

 

That cables is as stated is fiber optic's. They can run pretty much anything over it and given it's part number it looks like it has 24 strands!

Just one of them you can run 10Gb/s data over it, and that's just one light wave color as well. So they certainly can push serious data through it and video is trivial bandwidth for surveillance of the site.

Pretty cool project! 

 

Would you think that they would use that cable for the 4 or 5 cell service providers that will use the tower? Maybe the 'control room' won't be located at the base of the tower?

[Tom in Bristol]

Took a drive around to the east side of the new tower site to see where they cleared the trees/brush for the new Power lines.

 

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And also to the east side of the hill with the old tower (can't get very close).

 

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