Adios to the East External Aerial Lifts, the Delivery System That Moved Men, Material, Supplies, and Equipment to the Towers
The featured image is of the east elevation of the two hospital towers. The aerial lift is clearly visible as it runs up the center of the Adult Hosptial tower.
If all goes well, it is the plan for the two (2) galvanized cars, and lattice tower on which they have traveled to be dismantled on Monday, March 9, 2020. The tower began its vertical trek up the side of the Adult Hospital tower on April 12, 2018. As the steel structure’s height increased the verticle lattice tower grew in proportion: Always allowing the laborers access to the nearest floor level. The current height of the lattice tower has been set since mid-December of 2018. Since the date, the first car (at the beginning, only one car was placed into service) transported men, materials, and equipment up the side of the building to the requested floors. At first, the short run up the tower didn’t take very long, but as the tower expanded in height and the manpower increased, the travel time took longer and longer. With the pluperfect dismantling of the south lattice tower in mid-August of 2019, the east tower had to absorb some of the Children’s Hospital workers along with their materials and equipment.
The tearing down of the lattice tower will allow the cladding company to begin the make-ready work in preparation to close the leave out bay (the central vertical gap going up the side of the Adult Hospital tower) with the facade. With the closure of the east elevation, the whole structure will be sealed (for the most part) from the elements. I have noticed in recent days that there are some open areas (where entrance doors will be installed, etc.) are being temporarily boarded with plywood.
After graduate school Dennis accepted a position at Loma Linda University. He worked there for 42 years in the areas of administration and financial management, also teaching accounting and management to dietetic students at the School of Public Health. Through the years Dennis has chronicled the growth of the campus, including the construction of the Drayson Center and the Centennial Complex and the razing of Gentry Gym. He is the author of "The Mound City Chronicles: A Pictorial History of Loma Linda University, A Health Sciences Institution 1905 - 2005." dEp 09.30.2016 🔨