Changing the face of Charleston : The unbuilding of the Grace and Pearman Bridges
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December 15, 2006: More unbuilding of Grace

The worksite

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and elevator

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A Sparky art photo of the elevator and Manny's skill

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and a C-17 looking over the job

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more looking

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Next - remove the edge girder - here attaching the support cables

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Next

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Starting to cut the top

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Using position 3 of the Nugget classification scheme

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Cut almost complete

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Cutting through the back side

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Then Manny starts his lifting

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Now the balancing act

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and down

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and down

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and down

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and Manny in the serious work position: position #42 on the Nugget scale

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and gently laying it down

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One segment gone

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An example of position 8 on the Nugget scale - the sitting position

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Wrapping the cables around the other girder

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The a back hand cut

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and a prone position cut

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and the final cut

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Lift and separate - just like the tv ad

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Navigate away from the structure

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and up a bit

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and rotate over the top of the structure

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and safely resting

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and Sparky art

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a happy Manny

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Both sides completed

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and Sparky catching the sun saying bye bye

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