Unbuilding sights and sounds
Unbuilding ( demolition ) of the Grace and Pearmans Bridges

March 13, 2007 14:25 Manny demonstrates the Manny push strategy.	March 13, 2007 10:15 Last Graceful blast	February 28, 2007 15:59 Shelly pushes the button and look what happened	January 14, 2007 16:10 Down comes T-2
January 14, 2007 16:10 T-2 falls in slow motion	January 13, 2007 14:21 Watch Sarah and Jordan fill stemming bags	January 12, 2007 9:58 T-1 takes a tumble - Innovation @ work by Mickey and Ken	January 12, 2007 9:21 Innovation@work: T-1 drops with minimal lateral spread
January 12, 2007 9:21 T-1 gracefully falls in slow motion	December 21, 2006 15:01 Manny lowers a Grace pier	December 21, 2006 10:47 Chris lowers the last of the Grace roadway frame	December 19, 2006 12:09 Chris lowers the triangle truss
December 19, 2006 9:44 Manny removes another section	December 16, 2006 18:03 Carlos and Nugget - Christmas fireworks	December 15, 2006 15:25 Manny does it again - after Carlos, Nugget and Stan did their thing	December 15, 2006 13:23 Watch Manny and the Ironworkers unbuild a Grace section
December 15, 2006 13:14 Manny does it again - slowly and carefully	December 15, 2006 0:00 More surgical skill displayed by Manny	December 12, 2006 17:23 Watch God build a rainbow	December 06, 2006 15:33 Watch Manny lift the box girder
December 06, 2006 14:35 Watch Robbie cut through the Pearman box girder	November 02, 2006 10:15 Ironworkers make it look easy	August 22, 2006 11:29 C-3 substructure implosion (real time)	August 22, 2006 11:29 Slow motion: C-3 substructure implosion
July 25, 2006 16:33 Unloading debris at the Navy Yard	July 14, 2006 14:50 C-1 base heads south	July 14, 2006 14:50 C-1 Slow motion substructure implosion	July 12, 2006 14:55 P-10 says goodbye
July 07, 2006 12:58 C-2 takes a dive	June 23, 2006 12:56 C3 disappears (real time)	June 23, 2006 12:56 C-3 takes the plung (slow motion)	June 19, 2006 14:57 P-7 into the Cooper River (real time)
June 19, 2006 14:57 P-7 drops into the Cooper River (slow motion)	June 05, 2006 15:00 Removing P-12	June 05, 2006 15:00 Watch Timmy hammer away at a Grace pier	May 24, 2006 10:00 Realtime - Dropping the last Pearman section
May 24, 2006 10:00 Slow motion: The last Pearman blast	May 14, 2006 0:00 Dropping C-4 columns	May 11, 2006 0:00 Removing C-4's cap	May 11, 2006 0:00 Imploding the M-4 substructure
May 03, 2006 10:56 Michael and Jackie catching a big fish	May 03, 2006 9:37 Watch Manny catch a big one	April 29, 2006 12:38 Watch Michael rotate the Grace truss	April 29, 2006 12:10 Watch Richard lift the Grace truss from the Cooper River
April 28, 2006 10:00 Real time blast of the Grace Cantilever	April 28, 2006 10:00 Slow Motion Grace cantilever blast	April 18, 2006 12:19 Manny lifting a Graceful truss section	April 12, 2006 9:59 Real time: Dropping the Grace truss segments between P-11 and P-13
April 12, 2006 9:59 Slow motion: Dropping truss sections between P-11 and P-13	April 05, 2006 9:00 Slow motion: Demolition Dynamics: Dropping a Pearman cantilever section	April 05, 2006 9:00 Real time: Dropping the east Pearman cantilever	April 04, 2006 14:00 D-27 substructure implosion
March 22, 2006 15:00 Real time: T-3 and Frank say goodbye	March 22, 2006 15:00 Slow motion: T-3 and Frank say goodbye	March 22, 2006 15:00 T-3 and Frank say goodbye (high res 27 Mb)	March 20, 2006 13:44 Burning Grace
March 20, 2006 11:56 Another duet with Jackie and Richie	March 20, 2006 11:54 The Dynamic Duo - Jackie and Richie	March 20, 2006 11:29 Jackie and Richie - takes two to tango with Grace	March 20, 2006 7:45 Watch Nugget burn
March 18, 2006 11:45 Watch Manny lift Grace's base	March 18, 2006 9:58 Watch Manny lift Grace's top	March 18, 2006 9:58 Manny gracefully lifing Grace's top (different perspective)	March 16, 2006 16:00 Another Graceful pickup
March 16, 2006 15:07 Gracefully lifting a pier	March 16, 2006 14:58 Moving the roadway to the traveling barge	March 16, 2006 13:41 Lifting a section of roadway girders	March 11, 2006 17:10 Handoff from shear to grapple
March 11, 2006 16:45 Retrieving a truss section from Town Creek	March 04, 2006 15:00 Par, Farmer, Art and Rip - watch their skill	March 04, 2006 9:35 Watch Manny lift the Mammoet Girder	March 01, 2006 15:54 Grace, on her way home
March 01, 2006 15:52 A gentle push for Grace	March 01, 2006 11:42 Lowering the Grace main span	March 01, 2006 8:26 Positioning the Cape May under the Grace main span	February 27, 2006 11:56 A dancing grapple
February 25, 2006 13:56 Felling the Pearman main span	February 25, 2006 13:42 Watch Richie burn	February 25, 2006 13:23 Transverse bites of Grace's main span	February 22, 2006 13:43 Mammoet lowers the Pearman mainspan
February 17, 2006 10:15 The A team fells the last Grace structure on Drum Island	February 16, 2006 15:00 Mickey's team imploding the M5 Pearman substructure	February 15, 2006 10:00 High resolution real time (8 Mb quicktime)	February 15, 2006 10:00 Real time video of the Grace cantilever truss (1.3 Mb mpg)
February 15, 2006 10:00 Slow motion Dropping the Grace cantilever truss (8 Mb quicktime)	February 15, 2006 10:00 Real time Drop the Grace cantilever truss (3 Mb quicktime)	February 14, 2006 15:01 Implosion of the D-25 substructure (quicktime)	February 14, 2006 15:01 Imploding the Pearman D-25 substructure (mpg)
February 14, 2006 15:01 Implosion of D-25 substructure (2 Mb quicktime)	February 14, 2006 15:01 Slow motion implosion of D-25 substructure	February 14, 2006 13:21 Old Unfaithful	February 14, 2006 11:35 Michael operating on Drum Island - Jim Grier is the chief surgeon
February 14, 2006 10:21 Loading D-25	February 07, 2006 14:01 Removing the D-26 substructure	February 05, 2006 10:00 Implosion of a building in Columbia	February 04, 2006 20:20 Rich and night-time concrete cutting
February 02, 2006 11:34 Real time D-24 substructure from the Ravenel island (2 Mb quicktime)	February 02, 2006 11:34 Slow motion D-24 substructure implosion from the Ravenel island (13 Mb quicktime)	February 02, 2006 11:34 Implosion of Pearman D-24 substructure (from the Ravenel Bridge)	February 02, 2006 10:25 Mickey Rogers ties in the ignition lines (13 Mb quicktime)
February 02, 2006 9:15 Measuring, pouring and loading (64 Mb quicktime)	February 02, 2006 8:59 Mickey and Ken loading	January 30, 2006 11:53 Implosion of D-23 substructure (from the Ravenel Bridge)	January 28, 2006 9:19 Roy Delpriete gives new meaning to Graceful extraction of roadway segments
January 26, 2006 15:00 Brett blows the T-4 foundation	January 26, 2006 15:00 High resolution of the T-4 blast (22Mb quicktime)	January 25, 2006 16:30 Moving the jackup barge from C-3 to C-2	January 25, 2006 16:12 Lowering the jackup barge (looking east)
January 25, 2006 16:10 Lowering the jackup barge (looking west)	January 25, 2006 14:20 Drilling C-3 from the jackup barge	January 24, 2006 15:25 Smooth drilling - note the column of dust	January 24, 2006 15:20 Drilling through rebar (or trying to)
January 18, 2006 13:36 Dropping T4 - the last Drum Island Pearman support	January 17, 2006 14:00 Implosion of Pearman pier D23 and D-25 substructure	January 12, 2006 14:00 Implosion of Pearman pier D-28	January 11, 2006 15:01 Real time video of D-27 implosion
January 11, 2006 15:01 Slow motion (4x) video of D-27 implosion	January 10, 2006 14:00 Imploding Pearman pier D-26	January 09, 2006 15:00 M-24 implosion: real time (mpg video)	January 09, 2006 15:00 Quicktime slow motion (4x) - D-24 implosion
January 09, 2006 15:00 Quicktime video of D-24 implosion	January 09, 2006 10:45 Loading D-24: Dynamite, clay dummies and stemming (50 Mb - high resolution)	January 09, 2006 10:15 Loading D-24 (18 Mb video)	December 16, 2005 14:01 Sequentially dropping M1-M5 Pearman Supports (mpg)
December 16, 2005 14:01 Slow Motion (quicktime): Dropping M1 - M5	December 16, 2005 14:01 Real time (quicktime): Dropping M1 - M5	December 14, 2005 7:12 Early morning girder harvesting	December 06, 2005 10:01 From the Ravenel Bridge
December 06, 2005 10:01 Slow motion from the Ravenel Bridge	December 06, 2005 10:01 From the Port of Charleston	December 06, 2005 0:00 Slow motion from the Port of Charleston	November 30, 2005 15:53 D-25 Implosion
November 30, 2005 15:53 Slow motion D-25 implosion	November 30, 2005 9:45 Loading dynamite in D-25 (12 Mb quicktime)	November 22, 2005 14:17 Bob, Scotty, Jack, Brad and the Ironworkers - more about girder harvesting	November 18, 2005 11:15 Chris lifts girders by the light of day (also)
November 15, 2005 10:03 Pearman implosion (slow motion)	November 15, 2005 10:00 Dropping the Drum Island Cantilever Section	November 14, 2005 14:57 Watch Jack Foley eat a concrete girder	November 14, 2005 14:45 Harvesting a concrete girder
November 12, 2005 6:40 Watch the Cashman-Testa Pace of Work	November 12, 2005 6:20 Burning through burried rebar	November 11, 2005 13:13 Watch carpet laying, Testa style	November 10, 2005 8:06 Chris picking a girder from the Pearman ramp
November 08, 2005 14:37 Building a reef - Testa's surgical method	November 07, 2005 16:54 Picking up a 50 ton girder	November 01, 2005 16:12 Watch the 1250 hammer away	October 31, 2005 16:56 Watch Brad pick a girder section and Ryan stabilize it
October 22, 2005 11:18 Watch Michael remove a roadway segment and Richie push it	October 20, 2005 23:57 A view from the top of the Pearman: Lifiting a girder	October 20, 2005 23:00 Night work: Lowering a concrete girder (no sound)	October 16, 2005 15:29 Raising and dissembly of a Pearman segment
October 11, 2005 10:00 Dropping the Town Creek Segment (Pearman)	October 05, 2005 12:31 Dropping a Pearman support	September 29, 2005 15:24 Test blast of a Pearman Column (D 6) (mpg)	September 29, 2005 15:24 Test blast of a Pearman Column (D 6) (wmv)
September 21, 2005 17:54 Picking up a concrete segment	September 21, 2005 10:26 Cutting concrete segments	September 21, 2005 10:20 Cutting concrete segments	September 21, 2005 10:03 Jack Foley and how to cut rebar
September 20, 2005 12:31 Extracting a pair of girders	September 20, 2005 11:45 Extracting a pair of girders

Attribution: C. Frank Starmer and Sparky Witte from http://oldcooperriverbridge.org