Jim Caudill
Stainless
- Joined
- Nov 3, 2002
- Location
- Dayton, Oh
Some of you may have heard about a darwin-type tradgedy that occurred in my town yesterday. Contractors struck a gas line while trying to excavate a water line. The duplex house exploded killing and injuring innocents, including a baby and teen age boy. I think we are at 5 injured and 2 killed. They failed to call 811 and get the utilities marked before firing up their backhoe and starting to dig.
I was going to erect a new fence at the back of one of my properties. The adjoining property owner informed me he knew where everything was and that the gas line was on his side of the property and I had nothing to worry about. I did call 811 and had the property marked. The gas distribution line was 4 feet on my property and ran parallel to the fence, with connections to both my house and my neighbors house, coming off this distribution line.
The markers included spraying some yellow paint and placing little yellow flags here and there. I had already used some orange paint to mark the proposed fence line. I took a bunch of pictures and enhanced the markings using the MS Paint program. I also took measurements and placed them on the pictures for future reference.
Now my questions, can someone tell me what the yellow circles with crossing lines indicate? I thought maybe a valve or "tee", but really have no idea.
Also, in the middle of the yard, was a strange "hieroglyph" of some sort in red color. I'm not sure whether it is a collection of symbols, or a combined symbol. Part of it looks like it could indicate North, and part of it reminds me of the old "sparky" figure. Any ideas what it means? I sort of see an O & H, could mean electrical "overhead".
raw gas marking:
enhanced marking:
larger picture enhanced (pink is my fence line):
Strange electrical(?) hieroglyph: now with "True Temper's" Insight
I was going to erect a new fence at the back of one of my properties. The adjoining property owner informed me he knew where everything was and that the gas line was on his side of the property and I had nothing to worry about. I did call 811 and had the property marked. The gas distribution line was 4 feet on my property and ran parallel to the fence, with connections to both my house and my neighbors house, coming off this distribution line.
The markers included spraying some yellow paint and placing little yellow flags here and there. I had already used some orange paint to mark the proposed fence line. I took a bunch of pictures and enhanced the markings using the MS Paint program. I also took measurements and placed them on the pictures for future reference.
Now my questions, can someone tell me what the yellow circles with crossing lines indicate? I thought maybe a valve or "tee", but really have no idea.
Also, in the middle of the yard, was a strange "hieroglyph" of some sort in red color. I'm not sure whether it is a collection of symbols, or a combined symbol. Part of it looks like it could indicate North, and part of it reminds me of the old "sparky" figure. Any ideas what it means? I sort of see an O & H, could mean electrical "overhead".
raw gas marking:
enhanced marking:
larger picture enhanced (pink is my fence line):
Strange electrical(?) hieroglyph: now with "True Temper's" Insight