Getting power to the well

Contractors had laid water pipe and electrical conduit for the well some time before. When it came time to connect the electricity, they found that when the conduit was laid, one or more small rocks had gotten into the conduit obstructing their work - they were unable to push the fish tape through, which is used to pull the wires through. They measured how far the fish tape went into the conduit and they could determined where the obstruction was.

Then they brought in an excavator and dug down to that part of the trench to cut the conduit, remove the rocks and join the two sections of conduit. The blunt shovel of the excavator opened up a huge hole as they dug to reach the area.

After they removed the obstruction and repaired the conduit they ran the fish tape through. This took a worker at each end.

By the way, there were four wires, quite large, to carry the electrical current the long distance. They needed to pull 300 feet of wire through a 1 inch conduit. It required mechanical help, but they prevailed. (It's amazing how many tools they have in their trucks!)

After a day's work they  tied the wires together at the pump house, joined them to the fish tape, and pulled the wires through. It was quite an undertaking!

Now, whenever the main electricity was available in the pump house they could bring the electricity to the well pump.