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Water Tank from page 2
work for El Segundo. Fajardo assigned three
of his guys - Jorge Prado, Sal Hernandez,
and the tower climber Carlos Aguilar - to
the project, which was a priority and had
to be finished on time and be dependable.
Remarkably, the crew achieved everything
on its checklist while still handling daily
maintenance around the city and the water
department. The light show starts nightly at
6 p.m., and the curtain drops at 6 a.m.
Prado and Hernandez, from the maintenance
division, provided ground support. More
juice was needed than the tower’s existing
cabling, and outlets could deliver. So, the
fix-it guys rebuilt the electrical system.
Weathered outlets and conduits worked
fine for store-bought holiday lights draped
at Christmas across the aerial tank, but 16
LED projection lights - set three feet apart
- were another story. They followed the
advice of comedian and “Home Improvement”
star and producer Tim Allen - and
found more power!
The spotlights can display other colors,
but the change must be done manually high
off the ground. That requires the climbing
guys to get back up on the ladders when
another holiday or season comes. Or another
championship for the city of Los Angeles.
Esparza, who is a devoted L.A. baseball
fan, did a switcheroo for Game 6 of the
World Series. When the water tower lit up,
it glowed in Dodger blue. While the gesture
didn’t factor into L.A.’s victory in six games
over the Tampa Bay Rays, it did fire up the
Dodgers fans in town. For the second time
in a month, the unexpected had happened.
However, there was a problem getting the
tower to match the team’s azure color. Esparza
made the call before the decisive Game 6
started to go blue instead of pumpkin orange
for the game, and maybe longer if the Rays
extended the Series. When the lights went
up just as the sunset, something happened to
make him panic. The towers looked purple
to him and to his wife, Cathy. They talked
about it, both unsure whether the planned
surprise for El Segundo’s Dodgers fans was
an error in judgment. Much to their relief,
the Dodger blue hue emerged once the sun’s
rays were extinguished for the day.
Besides being a city landmark visible from
all corners of El Segundo, the water tank plays
an essential role in delivering drinking water
to residential customers. The parking lot at
the Lomita Street tower sits over a concretelined
basin capable of storing six million
gallons of water for the city’s customers. •
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