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Photos taken 2-10-04
When I arrived at the Club this morning around ten, there
were trucks - Big Rigs, everywhere! Our new docks, or at least part of them, had
arrived and were being unloaded! The conditions were not good for photography,
as it was cloudy and gray.
A seventy ton crane was busy off loading the heavy sections of dock. Each lift
was two sections that had already been connected together and had a total weight of
around ten tons.
Four straps are being secured around the floats and attached to the
spreader bar which itself weighs around 1000 pounds.
It looks easy with the right know how and equipment.
Getting it in position to lower to the water.
The previously lowered section is being prepared to be
pushed away as the nest one is lowered.
Almost there!
The straps have been released and it's ready to be moved out of the way.
The Carolina Skiff is used to push them around.
The results of a busy morning! There are even more against the bulkhead!
Stacks and stacks of braces, piling guides, rods, and other hardware
as well as the sheet piles for the bulkhead line the edge of the north bulkhead.
The dredging continued today directly behind the club. A lot of very large
timbers were brought up and looked to be in good condition. Apparently there
used to be a marine railway going into the water from where the present
clubhouse stands. This would have had to be around one hundred years ago, give or
take a little. Does anyone have any information on that? If so, please fill us
in. Here, the tug has gotten behind the barge and is preparing to take it to be
dumped.
A Phil Briggs photo
This is one of the large timbers that was brought up this
morning.
A Phil Briggs photo
Another large piece. Billy Hunt has confirmed that there
was a marine
railway on this location many years ago, and HE SHOULD KNOW!
A Phil Briggs Photo
These look pretty good to have been submerged for so
long. Apparently being
submerged deep in the mud keeps oxygen from getting to them, and that alone
protects them from other destructive organisms.
