preparing for work inside SK tank
A new OD PMT lowered into top layer of the tank via hoist
Monica and Dan(?) taking new OD PMT from hoist
Jeff and Monica using a glowring for splice shink tubing
zoom of glowring shrink tubing
Erik and Dan bolting a new OD PMT on top layer
glowring action finished
Jeff showing the final shrink tube splice
Mark, Bill and Nakahata at the OD entrance
Erik and Jeff operating the gondola at the OD entrance
Dan in a boat in the OD section
Erik and Jeff in gondola reaching the water level
Erik and Jeff in gondola [no flash]
Erik waiting in boat & hoist operation [no flash]
Markus, Charlotte and Jeff in gondola [no flash]
Markus, Charlotte and Jeff in gondola near water level
Jeff and Charlotte in boat preparing wall PMT work
Jeff and Charlotte in boat [no flash]
Jeff showing cut&stripped coax cable of wall PMT
view into OD wall section underwater [no flash]
coax cable stripper tool in action
Jeff attaching SHV connector to coax cable
Jeff showing Charlotte how to use the glowring
more glowring in action
zoom of glowing in action
Jeff finalizing the second shrink tube layer
Jeff and Charlotte adding a tyvek patch
HGB bolting a wall PMT
view up OD wall from P06 horizontal layer
Gene and Megumi (in supply boat) working on wall PMT
Gene and Megumi at wall PMT
view inside a wall supermodule (back of 20" ID PMT)
Jeff, Dan and Dan working on another wall PMT
BBQ 8/3/01 at SK dormitory backyard
BBQ 8/3/01: Gene & Koshio-san
BBQ 8/3/01: beer & food ready
BBQ 8/3/01: waiting for yakiniku
BBQ 8/3/01: Monica
BBQ 8/3/01: Gene, Charlotte & Fermin(?) at yakisoba grill
BBQ 8/3/01: Charlotte & what's left of the yakisoba
BBQ 8/3/01: more meat on the grill
BBQ 8/3/01
BBQ 8/3/01: Megumi
BBQ 8/3/01: (tall) Dan & Markus
view into inner detector 8/6/01 [no flash]
view into inner detector
SUNY crew (Sarah, Evan, Constantinos, Arrash) preparing new wave-shifter plate
Arrash putting an old PMT away for storage
new PMTs waiting for delivery to the boats
view into outer detector 8/6/01 [no flash]
Matt in gondola, and Fumi standing by
snapshot from ID TV camera
TV monitor next to ID gondola entrance
Mark & Michael doing hut check
another view into the inner detector
Fumi & Charlotte at the ID TV monitor
Sakuda doing the ID hut task
Markus, Damien & Fumi attaching a new PMT to the hoist
Damien, Markus, Magumi & Fumi at the hoist
Matt moving a new PMT to the gondola
Gondola into ID area
Floating pads for ID work
Floating pads for ID work
Boat inside ID tank (photographers)
Photo opportunity inside ID tank (water at half level)
part of the US crew on foam platform in ID area
Gondola inside ID area
US crew group photo op.
US crew group photo op.
US crew group photo op.
HGB inside ID area
Monica, Charlotte, HGB inside ID area
Gondola opening between top ID PMTs
view from gondola again
ID PMT top layer near gondola opening
Kiyoko (US group's secretary)
Grafitti in OD column 10 layer P00 (we know who did it!)
Jordan and Matt in boat inside OD
OD PMT with bubble in glass (new W2M01P17A)
same OD PMT, different viewpoint
Dan shrinkwrapping with glowring tool
20" PMT arrangement in top ID layer
same (slightly different viewpoint)
close-up of a 20" PMT
reflection on 20" PMT glass (see the inner detector and water level?)
ID top PMTs viewed from below
working platform in ID [no flash]
working platform in ID
wall PMTs in ID section at water level
foam platforms joined together
boat (unused) along a wall section in the ID
loose optical fiber at tank wall at column P12, row M04
same optical fiber, with diffuser tip at end (brittle)
fiber mounting plate still under water
next day, after water level lowered by 1 SMT: fiber mounting plate now dry
loose optical fiber end re-attached to mounting plate (note: diffuser tip broke off; was very brittle)
greeting notes behind a wave-shifter plate from 1995 (from original construction phase)
Jeff & Clark in gondola
Matthew, Jeff, Clark in gonola going downwards
... now at M08 layer (lowest barell layer just above tank bottom)
same as before [no flash]
ID 20" tube preparation
ID 20" tube preparation
material stacked near the center hut; 2 OD boats taken out again after barrel replacement is finished
mobile 120V AC / 600W supply (batteries & inverter in suitcase) for heatshrink operations in boat
rechargers for mobile US equipment (radios, drills, coax strippers,...)
Bill working on a removed flooded PMT
zoom of the flooded PMT (the water inside is probably toxic now)
Gondola problems - power cable got tangled at the frame and pulled out of its connection box...
Dusan, Shantanu, Wei stapling tyvek sheets in OD bottom section
tyvek stapling (Fred?)
Wei and Fred (?) at tyvek stapling
view into OD wall section at the tank bottom (before tyvek finishing)
view from tank bottom up a OD wall
OD tyvek people (Chris, Ben, and others)
airlock at bottom entrance hole (in OD section at column 22)
man hole entrance at tank bottom
foam pads for ID work stored next to opening in OD bottom section
Jim and Hank adding wires at tank wall to secure tyvek sheets
bent screw found at OD PMT# W1M08P01A
view into supermodules at bottom (ID tubes facing up, OD tubes facing down)
another view into supermodules
view into ID bottom section with foam pads laying onto the PMTs
walking on the pads on ID bottom
foam pressing onto the ID PMTs
bright lights (with red filters) in ID top section
professional photograher at work in ID
nice reflection of entire ID in bottom ID PMT
Ben and Wei tyvekking at the tank bottom
example of a new bottom OD PMT
Fred in OD bottom section at cleanup work
final tyvek layout in bottom OD section
Bob Mitiguy with tyvek suit and hardhat at tank bottom
Hans at tank bottom
overflow hoses at tank bottom center
one of the water pressure relief hoses
final tyvek layout at tank bottom at the wall
piping parts for work by Mitsui Company
remaining section to be worked on as of 9/13/01
outside airlock and shoe change area at tank bottom entrance
"greetings" left on tyvek at tank bottom during 1995/96 construction
water flow test at tank bottom (2 of 4 pipes shown)
another of the 4 water inlet pipes at the tank bottom
group picture at tank bottom 9/15: Chris, Bill, Jeff, Bob, Matthew, Shantanu
almost same group picture; now Hans in picture and Bob behind the camera
one of the 14 bottom section optical fibers of the OD laser calibration system (note: the diffuser cap is missing here)