Home GEO600 Diary 1995 1995 Breaking the ground for gravitational waves GEO600 Groundbreaking Party August 1995 It's still quiet here. © AEI Hannover/H. Lück It's still quiet here. © AEI Hannover/H. Lück September 4th, 1995 It's time to work! Karsten Danzmann breaks the ground. © AEI Hannover/H. Lück © AEI Hannover/H. Lück © AEI Hannover/H. Lück © AEI Hannover/H. Lück © AEI Hannover/H. Lück © AEI Hannover/H. Lück The excavator will do the rest… © AEI Hannover/H. Lück The excavator will do the rest… © AEI Hannover/H. Lück The people at the party. © AEI Hannover/H. Lück The people at the party. © AEI Hannover/H. Lück Cheers! (From left to right: Benno Willke, Harald Lück, Matthias Schrempel) © AEI Hannover Cheers! (From left to right: Benno Willke, Harald Lück, Matthias Schrempel) © AEI Hannover November 17, 1995 Central house, looking north. Notice the separate foundations for the pumps (far right corner) and the tank cluster (middle). © AEI Hannover/M. Schrempel Central house, looking north. Notice the separate foundations for the pumps (far right corner) and the tank cluster (middle). © AEI Hannover/M. Schrempel Central house, looking east north east. Delicious appletrees to the right! © AEI Hannover/M. Schrempel Central house, looking east north east. Delicious appletrees to the right! © AEI Hannover/M. Schrempel The "shaker". © AEI Hannover/M. Schrempel The "shaker". © AEI Hannover/M. Schrempel The trench for the beam tube. The panels are rammed with the jig seen in the foreground. The soil will be removed after reinforcement beams are welded across the top. © AEI Hannover/M. Schrempel The trench for the beam tube. The panels are rammed with the jig seen in the foreground. The soil will be removed after reinforcement beams are welded across the top. © AEI Hannover/M. Schrempel The eastern end house. © AEI Hannover/M. Schrempel The eastern end house. © AEI Hannover/M. Schrempel View from the eastern end house along the trench. © AEI Hannover/M. Schrempel View from the eastern end house along the trench. © AEI Hannover/M. Schrempel