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Pier Replacement - Photo Chronology
December 2006 - June 2007
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June 29, 2007
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Pile cap at Bent #7
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View from Fort Constitution Mines Building
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Installing guide piles for the floating dock that will be perpendicular to
the end of the pier
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Electrical switchgear foundation
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June 22, 2007
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View from the cove
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View from Fort Constitution Mines Building
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Causeway slab is complete
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Electrical switchgear foundation
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Floating dock guide piles at left;
first of the pile caps are formed at Bents 6 and 7.
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Placing concrete for pile cap at Bent #6
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June 20, 2007
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Forming for pile cap at Bent #7
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Reinforcing from pile cap down into 30" diameter support pile
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Sure hope he left himself an "out"
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Pile cap reinforcing cage in place
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June 8, 2007
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View from the cove
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View from Fort Constitution Mines Building
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Causeway . . . all utilities complete
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Setting temporary frames for setting floating dock guide piles
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June 1, 2007
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View from the cove
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View from Fort Constitution Mines Building
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Installing electrical manholes in the causeway
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Hard at work running electrical conduits toward the pier
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May 25, 2007
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Reinforcing for abutment overlay; note water and sewer penetrations
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View from Fort Constitution Mines Building
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May 22, 2007
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View from the cove
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View from Fort Constitution Mines Building
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Conduits to and from electrical switchgear; pier beyond
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A new perspective
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May 11, 2007
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View from the cove
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Rock socketing the last of the 30" diameter support piles
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May 4, 2007
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All but four of the 30" diameter battered piles are now in place
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View from Fort Constitution Mines Building
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Sewer manhole and gravity sewer line through pier parking lot
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Water and sewer piping - pressure testing
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April 27, 2007
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Feeling a bit under the weather (pun intended) . . . only took one photo
today
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April 20, 2007
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Still remobilizing after the storm; one crane still upriver
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View from Fort Constitution Mines Building
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April 17, 2007
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Still nasty; barges staying upriver for another day or two
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View from Fort Constitution Mines Building
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April 16, 2007
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Not a picture of a utility pole; this is the Nor'easter at high tide
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Another shot of the nasty Nor'easter
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April 13, 2007
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Barges have been moved upriver due to incoming Nor'easter
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View from Fort Constitution Mines Building
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April 12, 2007
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Utility work under the causeway begins
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Beyond, rock socketing of the piles continues
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April 6, 2007
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View from the abutment; piles in place through Bent #11 of 17
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View from Fort Constitution Mines Building
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Zoomed in from Fort Constitution Mines Building
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View from the south
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March 30, 2007
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Wide angle view from the south; we now have 3 cranes on-site
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View from Fort Constitution Mines Building
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New waterlines have been installed through the pier parking lot
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Causeway excavated in preparation for new utilities
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March 23, 2007
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Wide angle view from the south
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View from Fort Constitution Mines Building
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View from the abutment; piles in place almost to halfway point
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Threaded stainless steel rebar to support the wave panels
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March 9, 2007
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Epoxy-coated steel reinforcing "cages" for pile caps
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View from Fort Constitution Mines Building
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Ten of 36 total support piles in place
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Temp. work platforms/drive frames beyond half-way point
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March 7, 2007
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Precast concrete "edge beams" at Superior
Concrete in
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Auburn, Maine . . . ready for shipment when needed on site
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March 1, 2007
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The UNH Facilities office trailer . . . by popular request
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A beautiful day . . . looking forward to spring
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Seating/driving first three piles into 2' deep ledge sockets
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Construction of temp. work platforms/drive frames continues
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February 27, 2007
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"Air-lifting" after having drilled and chiseled 2 feet into ledge
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View from Fort Constitution Mines Building
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February 22, 2007
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From the south
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View from Fort Constitution Mines Building
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Piles in drive frames at Bents #2 through #5, from south
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Piles in drive frames at Bents #2 through #5, from east
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February 20, 2007
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From the south
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View from Fort Constitution Mines Building
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Fabricating temporary drive frame
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Drilling pocket in ledge, into which pile will seat
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February 16, 2007
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Regrouping after Valentines Day nor'easter
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View from Fort Constitution Mines Building
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Work platform constructed to Bent #5
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Forms for pile caps await installation
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February 9, 2007
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Final sweep of bottom
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View from Fort Constitution Mines Building
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Approach trestle
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Pile socketing operations underway
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February 6, 2007
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Removing the last of the old pier
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View from Fort Constitution Mines Building
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Drilling dowels into existing walls for new concrete overlay
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Preparing to clean out interior of piles
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February 2, 2007
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New work begins . . . Approach trestle piles in drive frames
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View from Fort Constitution Mines Building
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Approach trestle
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Two lonely cribs waiting to be removed
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January 30, 2007
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Handling new piles on crane barge
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View from Fort Constitution Mines Building
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Removing cribs
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12 3/4" guide piles for floating docks
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January 26, 2007
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Extremely cold and windy day
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View from Fort Constitution Mines Building
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Setting drive frames and work platform for approach trestle
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Four more cribs to be removed
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January 19, 2007
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Crib removal underway
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View from Fort Constitution Mines Building
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Disassembling a crib prior to transport up river
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Two cranes and a large excavator are now on site
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January 12, 2007
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| Removing final
section of original pier deck at abutment
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View from Fort
Constitution Mines Building
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| Off-loading
materials at State Pier staging area
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30" diameter
pipe piles for new pier
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January 2, 2007
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| Project Sign
awaiting erection
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Pier removals
continue, now with two cranes
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| Original pier sans
deck
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Approximately
one-third of deck has been removed
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December 15, 2006
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fendering timbers waiting to be off-loaded at the State Pier
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Sharing the
water with U.S. Coast Guard dredging contractor
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Grabbing first
piece of existing deck for removal
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Lifting first
piece of existing deck
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| Swinging
first piece of existing deck to barge
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Grabbing
the next piece of existing deck . . . and so on
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