April 9, 2006:
A neck procedure for Michael
When last seen, Sparky was surveying the Mt. Pleasant side of the Grace
Bridge - and all that remains is the traffic barrier with a faint outline of
SW
The Grace worksite
and the Coleman recycling center - not much there at all
At the Navy yard, there are Pearman fragments, I assume from the
cantilever section dropped last week
And in for a neck operation is Michael's 1250 being pushed by Pat
The working tug - the Captain Gary
and Pat, of course
The 1250 in the resting position.
Why the neck procedure. Michael has unbuilt enough of P-3 that the neck
of the 1250 is too long (i.e. high reach is no longer necessary - just
ordinary reach) - so the 1250 is in for a neck reduction - to remove a
vertabra or two - so that the boom is better matched to the height of P-3
Here is the 1250 at the Navy yard dock
Meanwhile back at the port, to cats guard the site
Looking to the right - P3 and the Ravenel Bridge
and to the left, Drum Island in its almost finished state
A closer look at Michael's progress in unbuilding P-3
and more sections of the Pearman cantilever section blast from last
week - ready for transport