Elevators, jacks and pylons, on my!

Exciting stuff happened at the site of the Willow Grove branch just after the first of the year. The big trailer you see to your right was pulled onto the lot in order to lay the groundwork for a piece of the construction process that won't happen for a few months.

Any guesses? In case the subject of today's post didn't give it away, this jack drilled a solid metal pylon straight into the ground. Thirty-eight feet straight into the ground to be precise.

When it's installed a few months from now, the weight of the elevator machinery will rest on top of this pylon.

Just a reminder, you can see larger versions of each of these images by clicking on them.