'Liftboat' Arrives In Ocean Off Wainscott For Wind Farm Soil Sampling - 27 East

'Liftboat' Arrives In Ocean Off Wainscott For Wind Farm Soil Sampling

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A "liftboat" arrived in the waters off Wainscott on Sunday to begin conducting soil borings beneath the ocean floor where the South Fork Wind Farm transmission cable could run.

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A "liftboat" arrived in the waters off Wainscott on Sunday to begin conducting soil borings beneath the ocean floor where the South Fork Wind Farm transmission cable could run. Adam Flax

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A "liftboat" arrived in the waters off Wainscott on Sunday to begin conducting soil borings beneath the ocean floor where the South Fork Wind Farm transmission cable could run. DANA SHAW

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A "liftboat" arrived in the waters off Wainscott on Sunday to begin conducting soil borings beneath the ocean floor where the South Fork Wind Farm transmission cable could run. DANA SHAW

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A "liftboat" arrived in the waters off Wainscott on Sunday to begin conducting soil borings beneath the ocean floor where the South Fork Wind Farm transmission cable could run. DANA SHAW

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A "liftboat" arrived in the waters off Wainscott on Sunday to begin conducting soil borings beneath the ocean floor where the South Fork Wind Farm transmission cable could run. DANA SHAW

The liftboat off Wainscott on Sunday.

The liftboat off Wainscott on Sunday. Steve Lobosco

The liftboat off Wainscott on Sunday.

The liftboat off Wainscott on Sunday. Steve Lobosco

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A "liftboat" arrived in the waters off Wainscott on Sunday to begin conducting soil borings beneath the ocean floor where the South Fork Wind Farm transmission cable could run. Bruno Schreck/Aerial Aesthetics

authorMichael Wright on Nov 15, 2020
A “liftboat” working for wind farm developer Ørsted arrived in the waters off Wainscott on Sunday to begin taking soil boring samples from the seafloor in the area where the... more

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