After a 6 day long trip from Tallahasse, Florida, the first RICH vessel arrived at its destination, Building 832 of Brookhaven National Laboratory, in the morning of December 10, 1997. The vessel was stored in a large clean tent in the building. The photon detector (2 arrays of 16x80 PMTs), the mirror systems, and large entrance and exit windows of the vessel will be installed in the clean tent in the coming months.

. RICH vessel on Truck arrived at Bldg 832
. RICH vessel going into Bldg 832
. RICH vessel was lifted in the RICH tent
. RICH vessel was placed on the stands
Kenny Jones and Dan Crook with RICH Vessel