| Jerome Young didn't have the focus set on his Argus C-3 in these shots but the next three photos show some of the challenges we faced in rebuilding the pole line. In this first photo, from the left we have: Eddie George, Merritt Scharnweber, Ben Craft and Norm Simons our crew chief. Emmett Martin is behind Craft. Norm, with a big cigar in his mouth is contemplating the next move. The railroad goes through a deep cut here and the new pole, lying in front of Eddie George, must be hauled up this rock face on the left to be set. The cut off butt of the old pole is standing behind Eddie George. |
| In this view, the crew has drilled a rock anchor so we could hook the block and tackle to hold the cable after being freed from the old pole. In the lower right hand corner of this photo, we used this slight incline to haul the new pole up to the site with ropes and block and tackle. We made what you would call a "switch back" with the new pole. The second pole down the lead from here with the push brace, shows how much pull there was on some of the corners we worked on. The railroad had a lot of curves so we had lots of corners to contend with. |
| In this view the new pole is set with a temporary guy at the top. Pike poles are used to hold the pole in line until the hole is filled and tamped. Note the block and tackle for holding the cable away from the work area. |
| From left: Emmett Martin, Ben Craft and Eddie George. After being dropped off from the speeder, the crews were left to bear the weather as it happened. In this view a hole for the deadman anchor laying behind George is being dug in the rain. Jerome Young photograph. |
| Philip "Frenchy" Boldue and another airman sawing telephone poles for dead men anchors. This method was also used for making rock cribs. The diagram on the right shows a dead man anchor. Where it states "fill with earth" we filled it with rocks that we had removed from the hole. Newfoundland had lots of rocks!! Jerome Young photograph. |
| T/Sgt Everett "Red" Wilkerson on the right with an unknown airman. The telephone cable that ran across the island was kept under pressure to dis- courage moisture from entering the cable. Nitrogen was the gas used in this process shown here in a pressure tank. Jerome Young photograph. |
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