2007-08 Photos - Old Power Plant/Arch Demo

Before the arch structure adjustments could take place for the new cargo facilities, there were a few things left to do inside...
First, a look in the biomed arch, where this fuel bladder had been placed for the 2006 winter.	First the snow had to be removed (shades of 1977).
Then the bladder itself was made to go away.	And at the other end, this comms hut would eventually be made to go away as well.
The real action was going on in the old power plant, which had been mostly gutted during the winter. First, a few views of the place at the beginning of summer before the final phase...
Standing where the end of the switchgear used to be, here's the door and window into the office.	The office window from another angle.
Some of the parting words on the back wall of the office.	Here's where those infamous CO2 bottles used to be.
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The remaining engines had been dragged into the biomed arch during the winter...not quite the same way as they came in. [Jump ahead in time a bit...seen above those same generators a few months later in Port Hueneme, where on 2 April 2008 they were auctioned off. This photo is from the Mather Auctions sale brochure...they have a contract to sell off the Antarctic surplus every year...watch their calendar site in March.] ...meanwhile, back at Pole, things are just getting started, it's still early November...