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require pumping station and three miles of four-inch force main, estimated cost $111,000. (Government funding could possibly be obtained for 75 per cent of the cost.)
—Replace lagoon with package secondary plant
Nuclear
Gauge
Stolen
A potentially dangerous nuclear gauge was stolen from the highway construction site east of Amissville during the weekend. It was discovered missing when work resumed Monday morning on the dual laning of Route 211.
According to Trooper R. A. Baines, the device is a gauge for testing the moisture density of a roadbed, and is potentially dangerous if handled by someone other than an expert. Baines and Deputy R. D. Hawkins responded Monday to investigate the theft.
The gauge was taken from the Highway Department’s inspectors’ trailer at the job site on Route 639. Entry to the building was gained by breaking a window in the door of the structure.
Trooper Baines said he was sure that whoever took the device did not realize what it was and how useless it would be. The 15 x 10 x 8 inch gauge with a 12 inch handle was kept In a yellow box which was not taken. The nuclear probe which is in* serted into the road surface to be tested contains radioactive material and could be dangerous if bumped, banged or exposed. Harm could result to anyone exposed to the radioactivity for any length of time.
The device can test the compactness of soil in 60 seconds as compared to an hour needed for the old method used.
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