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Lessons from the Ancients

Posted by Kathy Zagzebski on Nov 10, 2009 in Featured, Shoutouts | 3 comments

Today, we received another wonderful donation from the Marine Biological Laboratory – a 390 KVA standby generator! A bright red-orange in color and complete with transfer switch and necessary hardware, the generator will produce more than enough electricity to power the pumps and life support systems in NMLC’s new hospital. We only had one minor problem – how to get the 10,000 pound generator off the delivery truck! Luckily, the crew from Shawmut Construction had the solution. Taking a page from the ancients, and with the modern assistance of a lifting-bed truck, they carefully manoeuvered the equipment onto log rollers and rolled it off the truck. Kudos and thanks to Shawmut Construction and Marine Biological Laboratory!

Drawing from www.teachengineering.org.

3 Comments

Kathy Zagzebski / December 14, 2009

Thanks for your comment, Harriet.
Unfortunately, the contamination pre-dates environmental laws. Further, the responsible party no longer exists.
We have been lucky to have some wonderful donations to bring the cost down. A local company donated clean fill and the Town of Bourne donated their time and trucks to haul the old fill away.
The good news is that, with everyone’s help, we are taking care of a historical problem and Main Street will be cleaner as a result!
harriet mitteldorf / December 10, 2009

sounds to me that the previous property owner should be required to provide funds for the needed soil cleanup so you can complete the turtle hospital
Ann Marie / November 12, 2009

Wow! It takes a good team!!