The Town of Taylor, AZ starts its Fourth of July celebration with a bang --- literally. To produce the bang, two anvils and a small thick-walled pipe.
Here's one shot of the two anvils. You can almost see the pipe in spite of the newspaper getting in the way.
Here's another shot that is slightly clearer. The stack has just be made so that it is a sort of black powder tower. Newspaper is laid on top of the bottom anvil and that is followed by a charge of so much black powder. Another sheet of paper is placed on that with the second anvil then capping the whole affair.
The proverbial 10 foot pole has a metal sponge on the end which doused with lighter fluid then lit with a lighter. The resulting flame is used to start the papers on fire. Papers burn, black powder explodes, top anvil is thrown into the sky and a quick short pressure front hits everyone in the neighborhood.
Usually, the band follows immediately witha song that has been cued up while the anvils are placed.
The goof-up this morning occurred because we misunderstood the start time for the explosions. Keith and Kyle had arranged a trailer with hay bales for our whole family to enjoy the explosions in style. As it was we caught the next to last stop and managed to get most of the group aboard the trailer for the last leg of the parade.
No comments:
Post a Comment