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Day #14
Tuesday, April 18,
2000 It's the
second day of a new week and progress continues. Yesterday was
broken up by a fire alarm at 2:30 PM sending some of the volunteers
out to help fight a field fire north of town. This did not
stop work entirely, although it did slow things down.
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Most of the focus Monday was on the tower, preparing the way for the 8-inch pipe. The crew
located and dug down to the old pipe only to discover a 3 x 3 foot vault
at the tower's base no one knew about. Much of the digging was then done by hand
in order to avoid damaging anything else that might be buried beneath
the tower.
Based on the discovery, the
crew decided they would not be able to come away from the tower as
planned, but would have to move at a 45-degree angle to avoid hitting pipe in the area. |
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Left to right, Dean Cline, Don
Fleming and Bob Elwell work at breaking up an old sidewalk blocking
the way at the intersection of Patterson and Howe. What they find is 6-inches of concrete
laid over three courses of brick that extends out into the street. Each take turns wielding
the sledge.
Steve Spiegel is seen in the background, while Mark Fleming runs the
backhoe. |
The view now shifts to the north
side of Patterson Street looking south towards Howe Street and where
the group has just finished digging out the sidewalk.
Shown laying two lengths of pipe, Siegel guides one end into the
"T" while Elwell, Steve Place and Howard Fields work to move
the pipe down the trench. Cunningham Telephone employees
are also shown in the picture, one helping guide the pipe
along.
(For greater detail, place
your cursor on the picture and click.)
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