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Changing the face of Charleston : The unbuilding of the Grace and Pearman Bridges
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East Bay Stories
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Drum Island Stories
(Feb 17)
Pearman Bridge Stories
(Apr 3)
Grace Bridge Stories
(Apr 3)
Imposions: Prep and boom
(Mar 27)
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Unbuilding Challenges
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(Mar 13)
Video and Sounds
(Feb 28)
April 10, 2007 7:42
Morning sun kisses the Graceless and Pearmanless Ravenel Bridge

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April 03, 2007 12:35
The last of Manny. What a man and what a smile - sigh

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March 29, 2007 16:46
The clean up after ...

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March 27, 2007 16:00
The last Graceful Blast from Mickey, Michael, Ken and the entire unbuilding team

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March 26, 2007 11:06
Manny and Mickey - what a pair. Watch the last of the Copco drilling exercise

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March 25, 2007 19:20
Sunset over the Mt. Pleasant Pier

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March 21, 2007 15:25
Cleanup, Randy and Driving with Sparky

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March 20, 2007 18:42
Cleanup on the Charleston side and another Charleston Sunset

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March 17, 2007 8:43
Finishing the Mt Pleasant Pier, Cleanup at the port and Mickey drilling the last Grace base

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March 15, 2007 18:47
Nearing completion of the Mt. Pleasant Pier

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March 14, 2007 16:36
Fishing for debris from yesterday's implosion

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March 13, 2007 14:25
Manny demonstrates the Manny push strategy.

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March 13, 2007 10:15
Bringing down the last Grace pier

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March 12, 2007 10:35
Mickey, Ken and team loading up for tomorrow's last big event

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March 12, 2007 6:25
The moon sets over Basel - and a walk along the Rhine

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March 11, 2007 10:53
More prep for the last Grace pier

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March 11, 2007 7:50
A visit to Basel: Friends and Computational Biology

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March 10, 2007 19:10
A view of the Ravenel in the early evening

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March 10, 2007 9:47
Manny: lifting, positioining, lifting again, positioining again and then hammering

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March 09, 2007 13:55
Manny and team: fetching and toting

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March 04, 2007 14:00
Launching the Spirit of South Carolina

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March 02, 2007 13:37
Driling the last Grace pier

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February 28, 2007 15:59
Shelly pushes the button and gone is the T-2 foundation

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February 28, 2007 13:21
Preparing the T-2 base for Shelly

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February 27, 2007 13:48
Cleanup and final prep for the T-2 foundation implosion

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February 24, 2007 13:05
A quintet for 4 guys and the moon

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February 23, 2007 18:25
Sunset over Charleston

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February 20, 2007 13:45
A weekend at Lincoln's Kelong - near Batam Indonesia

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February 13, 2007 14:12
Preparing the last Grace pier for implosion

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February 10, 2007 12:08
Sparky takes a walk down memory lane, with Liza and Lauren

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February 08, 2007 17:52
Sunset over the Mt. Pleasant pier

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February 03, 2007 10:05
Nearing completion of the Mt. Pleasant Pier

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February 01, 2007 16:00
Fog wraps cousin Arthur

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January 31, 2007 0:00
Night views of the Cooper River

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January 30, 2007 16:41
Michael unbuilding the last Grace pier

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January 14, 2007 16:10
Gone is T-2, the last of the Pearman support piers

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January 13, 2007 13:11
Michael Rogers makes his debut

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January 13, 2007 13:11
Sarah, Jordan and Ashley star on the Discovery Channel

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January 13, 2007 0:45
While Mickey is unbuilding big stuff - I'm trying to photograph small stuff

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January 12, 2007 9:21
T-1 is no more: Mickey and Ken at their best

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January 11, 2007 16:43
Mickey, Ken and team loading T-1

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January 10, 2007 16:17
Wrapping T-1 for Friday's implosion

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January 09, 2007 17:16
Progress with building the Mt. Pleasant pier

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January 09, 2007 16:34
Cleanup and preparation for imploding T-1

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January 05, 2007 16:14
Neither rain, snow, or ice can keep Jimmy Grier from an oyster roast

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January 02, 2007 14:15
Cleanup at the Port site

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January 02, 2007 11:23
Happy New Year from Singapore

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January 01, 2007 9:43
New Year's colorful nature in Singapore

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