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jpg 040702_04 . 1 BC SI Hauling the concrete mixer to Edna Bay
jpg 040703_23 . 1 BC EB Mixer ready to go down the beach steps
jpg 040703_24 . 1 BC EB Whew! We made it
jpg 040703_25 . 1 BC EB Mixer positioned for pouring
jpg 040703_26 . 1 BC EB Mixer positioned for pouring
jpg 040703_29 . 1 BC EB Five sacks cement and a cubic yard of aggregate
jpg 040703_30 . 1 BC EB Peter helping homogenize the mix
We lowered aggregate and cement in buckets
jpg 040703_31 . 1 BC EB Mixer hoisted out of the tide's way
jpg 040704_35 . 1 BC EB Two more forms built-
pier block to weigh them down when the tide comes in
jpg 040705_01 . 1 BC EB The forms floated up and dumped the pier block.
It wasn't enough weight.
jpg 040705_02 . 1 BC EB Another view
jpg 040705_03 . 1 BC EB The crane used to hoist the mixer out of the tide's way
jpg 040705_04 . 1 BC EB Peter with a bucket of aggregate
jpg 040705_05 . 1 BC EB We rigged a chute for getting aggregate to the mixer -
easier than lowering it in the bucket
jpg 040705_06 . 1 BC EB Funnel into the chute
jpg 040705_07 . 1 BC EB Looking down the chute
jpg 040705_08 . 1 BC EB Chuting aggregate to the mixer
jpg 040705_09 . 1 BC EB Mixing - the camera lady about to get sprayed
jpg 040705_12 . 1 BC EB Finishing the surface
jpg 040705_13 . 1 BC EB Grid poured
jpg 040705_14 . 1 BC EB Mixer being winched up the steps
jpg 040706_03 . 1 BC EB Grid beams from the wharf
jpg 040709_01 . 1 BC EB Mixer on its way back to Sea Lion Rock Lodge
jpg 040713_02 . 1 BC EB 7/13/04: Forms removed and side bracing installed
jpg 040713_06 . 1 BC EB 7/13/04, 2:40PM: Middle wall awash
at 10.5' tide.
Note 2X6 surface boards installed.
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