November 10, 2005:
East Bay and harvesting shoulders
East Bay has a different look. Its about 7am and the next set of
girders was removed (last night, I think).
Looking left is the Pearman ramp and about half of the East Bay girders have
been harvested
and some of the Pearman skeleton
a bit further is the Pearman and Grace skeletons. Barely visible on the
right side of the Pearman is
the neck of the shear used to harvest concrete segments.
and to the right is Charleston's new Stonehenge (with Chris operating
the Grove 7550 and preparing to harvest a girder)
Meanwhile, on the Pearman ramp,
Pio's team is busy harvesting and transporting shoulder segments -
here with Brad operating the shear and Kevin operating the grapple
Here is Kevin with a freshly harvested shoulder
and Pio directing the harvesting
Water plays an important part in minimizing the dust
and walking back down the Pearman ramp, to the left is the current harvest
of shoulders - ready for transport to the Navy yard and then for
transplantation to a reef site selected by the Division of Natural Resources.