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Drop Shaft 3 Vortex Installation

The photos below show the vortex installation at drop shaft 3 (Brown Street).  The vortex is used to deter odor.  It weighs 2,700 pounds, is 10-feet tall, and 6.5-feet in diameter.

vortex
vortex lowered in shaft

Photos below show progress at drop shaft 5 (Thieme Drive) where the frames were removed from the concrete structure. The photo on the right shows the connection of a 72-inch pipe. (Week of April 19-23, 2021)

south wall drop shaft
72 inch pipe installed