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19 Apr 2014

"Whereon the pillars of this earth are founded, towards which the conscience of the world is tending"

Thomas Wolfe

17 Apr 2014

Metal rods delivered.

17 Apr 2014

De-throning the king of the hill.

14 Apr 2014

33. Week of Monday, 14 April, 2014

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Monday, 14 April, 2014 to

Saturday, 19 April, 2014

Blog, Photos and Videos in reverse chronology.

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• Saturday, 19 April, 2014

Instead of a usual Saturday Dump Truck Day,

there was only a queue of cement trucks visiting

the site, today. The excavators moved dirt from

around the site, piling it by the gate, but they quit

by noon and everyone left before 2P.

• Friday, 18 April, 2014

- Video - Busy but nothing big.

(1:50 min)

• Thursday, 17 April, 2014

- Video

- During the early mooring glare, large metal rods

were delivered to the site on the ramp of dirt just

inside the gate. The backhoes and skidsteers

excavated further down at the north west corner.

The queue of cement trucks can be seen front

and center on Connecticut. (1:29 min)

• Wednesday, 16 April, 2014

The 8P glare found a yellow backhoe working on

the pile of dirt just inside the gate; shortly after

the two skidsteers joined the excavation for the

rest of the day. Work continued on the south and

west retaining wall s-- just outside the view of the

webcam. The crane operator moved cement and

supplies until almost 5P.

• Tuesday, 15 April, 2014 - Rainy Days

and Tax Day...

While rainy days stop excavation, nothing will stop

the cement deliveries from their appointed rounds.

At 6:58A the crane operator pushed up through

the rain to his perch. The crane moved cement,

supplies and even the port-a-potties down into the

site pit. A few crew in yellow rain slickers slogged

around the periphery of the site. At 1:10P the

crane operator descended just before a heavy rain

storm and the site looked closed for the rest of

the day.

• Monday, 14 April, 2014

- Video

- Glare obscured the webcam even on a cloudy

start. By 9A the orange backhoe had moved a

cement barrier across the drive just inside the

gate and had started to dig down on the small

patch of elevated dirt on which the backhoe had

sat the last week. The other earth moving

equipment moved earth from around the site to

the gate, although there were no dump trucks in

attendance, today. Cement was offloaded by

trucks parked on Military. In addition, the Sr.

Supervisor for the site answered several questions.

(1:16 min)

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