Lenkurt 74 Tube Microwave radio system at Meziadin

Kelly Anderson, Lyle David supervising
The tune-up of the 74 radio at Meziadin
by Carl Lofroth

The Meziadin Thunderbox
 “A Masterpiece”

When I didn't think there was a picture of this beauty,
I drew up this Artist Conception above,
in case you want to build one yourself,
please be careful, as there is a copyright pending
on this design!!!!
Ken Rowe and myself, arrived at the Meziadin site,
to discover our most cherished piece of equipment,
              the Outhouse, was in need of replacement.
So left with no other option, as that was all we had for facilities,
we proceeded to create what was later referred to as a "masterpiece" by some.
 It was built with whatever scraps of wood we could find,
and had 3 walls, NO door, as we didn’t have enough plywood for that.
                                 It was at the rear of the living quarters,
and the front faced the lake.
What a View, Trees, Sky and Grass.
                      Now with all the bears around Meziadin,
can you imagine sitting there, doing your thing, and a bear came along?
              All we would have had, was the roll of toilet paper, to throw at him!
     The Outhouse was replaced with the indoor Humus toilet,
which wasn’t much better, but a lot warmer, and less black flies!

Turns out there is a surviving picture of this masterpiece.

Photo taken and contributed by Brian Wolfe, Ladysmith BC. 

As you can see my conceptual drawing was a bit off,
as the plans were quite complicated, I couldn't remember them all!
Not the snow load on the roof took it's toll,
as our special piece of plywood there, didn't quite last.
and due to no front frame it kind of had a slight lean to the left.
"Leaning Thunderbox", a tourist attraction!!!