February 25, 2006: Pio's jazz quintet plays Fell Pearman's main span
Sparky does not melt in the rain. Here is a sample of the
600 photos he took yesterday. To demonstrate Pio's versatility, here he is
directing three semi-autonomous activities - chewing up girders (Jackie, Roy
and Chris), loading bite-size fragments (Steve) and felling the main
span (mostly Richie).
The Navy Yard worksite - and Pearman main span minus the ends a bit more.
The worksite at lunch - all surgical instruments in the resting position
The west end of Pearman's main span
Here is Pio and his Quintet:
composed of a trio of Chris, Pio and Richie
and Steve DeMello on the grapple
and his Dale Earnhardt #3 high speed excavator
and his jaws
Roy on his shear
and Jackie playing his shear
Actually, its a sextet if you include Kathy, Richie's cheerleader. Here is
Kathy and her husband, Richie:
Young love is alive and well in this
family
Watch Steve load
Here is Roy, 3 shears and a grapple
High speed recycling
Chris and his shear
Jackie behind his shear's cage
Steve and his grapple
Serious shearing going on
Jaws
Cross bites (another relatively new surgical innovation
requiring 2 shears)
Its raining, but nothing keeps Sparky from enjoying the day
Eating girders
Watch them
Taking a bite of the main span (.8 Mb mpg). This is a superb example
of the transverse biting procedure. More innovation from the
Testa surgical team.
A closer view of the new transverse biting procedure
Lots of main span to chew on
Watch Richie burning (.8 Mb mpg)
Watch these guys pull the legs out from under
Pearman's right side (1 Mb mpg) -
and the felled main span.
