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1995
Breaking the ground for gravitational waves
GEO600 Groundbreaking Party
August 1995
![It's still quiet here.](/66461/original-1596614635.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjQ2LCJvYmpfaWQiOjY2NDYxfQ%3D%3D--b0604046b386ea58ba0d35c41b0e21b2b2e4e8bb)
It's still quiet here.
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September 4th, 1995
It's time to work! Karsten Danzmann breaks the ground.
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![© AEI Hannover/H. Lück](/66530/original-1596614635.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjQ2LCJvYmpfaWQiOjY2NTMwfQ%3D%3D--d6c7b10cd4b27fcf0702672f55b7423457229cbe)
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![The excavator will do the rest…](/66599/original-1596614635.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjQ2LCJvYmpfaWQiOjY2NTk5fQ%3D%3D--420b3f1981cffcfc774b328bf3b0f8f6938996d2)
The excavator will do the rest…
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![The people at the party.](/66553/original-1596614635.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjQ2LCJvYmpfaWQiOjY2NTUzfQ%3D%3D--02973a7852892764933c9b51c79964bc8bff1d1b)
The people at the party.
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![Cheers! (From left to right: Benno Willke, Harald Lück, Matthias Schrempel)](/66576/original-1596614635.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjQ2LCJvYmpfaWQiOjY2NTc2fQ%3D%3D--684989c069d99b50348137fd51cd4edf953df064)
Cheers! (From left to right: Benno Willke, Harald Lück, Matthias Schrempel)
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November 17, 1995
![Central house, looking north. Notice the separate foundations for the pumps (far right corner) and the tank cluster (middle).](/66674/original-1596614635.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjQ2LCJvYmpfaWQiOjY2Njc0fQ%3D%3D--04f1474a8fb54b257d7f73b92d4038dbc2551848)
Central house, looking north. Notice the separate foundations for the pumps (far right corner) and the tank cluster (middle).
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![Central house, looking east north east. Delicious appletrees to the right!](/66698/original-1596614635.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjQ2LCJvYmpfaWQiOjY2Njk4fQ%3D%3D--937eb1f9a48f29ef34e8f24287480092d3e8e9d6)
Central house, looking east north east. Delicious appletrees to the right!
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![The "shaker".](/66721/original-1596614635.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjQ2LCJvYmpfaWQiOjY2NzIxfQ%3D%3D--012a3d38113d92b27ec4d27ba795d7fc667e2d5a)
The "shaker".
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![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.](/66744/original-1596614635.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjQ2LCJvYmpfaWQiOjY2NzQ0fQ%3D%3D--9abce192a2b766af4dda05d127f3b94bb58c09c6)
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.
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![The eastern end house.](/66767/original-1596614635.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjQ2LCJvYmpfaWQiOjY2NzY3fQ%3D%3D--e00563a2e7aef830faf7fe5ce5f79a0060175b61)
The eastern end house.
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![View from the eastern end house along the trench.](/66790/original-1596614635.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjQ2LCJvYmpfaWQiOjY2NzkwfQ%3D%3D--9023f4eb9d4d720274e3559e2c6b2b66352ab468)
View from the eastern end house along the trench.
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