These images were taken during the demolition of "The Blue Cube," which for decades was an important center for highly-classified US military satellite testing and operations.
Originally part of the US Air Force Satellite Test Center, the facility was also known over the years as the Sunnyvale Air Force Station and Onizuka Air Force Base. A brief history of the facility is here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onizuka_Air_Force_Station
Photographed April 27, 2014,
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Update #1: Photos I took of the "Blue Cube" demolition on May 4, 2014, about a week after the first pictures I posted.
Here are two of the "wrecking balls" that have been used to break up the concrete exterior of the building. I suspect that they will be used again before the demolition is complete.
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The street in front of my house is crowded with equipment and new pipe.
These are photos that I took while workers were installing a new sewer beneath the street in front of my house.
I took these photos during the two days that most of the work was done on my block, here in Santa Clara, California.
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Close-up view of a large rolling implement used to compact the soil above the new pipe.
These are photos that I took while workers were installing a new sewer beneath the street in front of my house.
I took these photos during the two days that most of the work was done on my block, here in Santa Clara, California.
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A load of clean gravel, on its way to supporting the new pipe.
These are photos that I took while workers were installing a new sewer beneath the street in front of my house.
I took these photos during the two days that most of the work was done on my block, here in Santa Clara, California.
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