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February 27, 2007: Final cleanup and drilling

Here is the worksite - The Grace pier, Carlos and Michael doeing something while Ben (who still looks like his brother Stan) and Robbie are drilling and Sparky capturing the action

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A wave from Carlos

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Ben and Robbie removing a drilling shaft

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Out it comes

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Watch Ben and Robbie remove the drill shaft. Removing the drill shaft

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Ben drilling a new hole

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The base of T-2 - for Wednesday's loading and implosion

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and cleanup around the base of T-2 - scooping

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up a shovel full of stuff

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and dumping it along a wall to the north of T-2

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and out it comes

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Then smoothing the surface

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More scooping

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rotating

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and dumping

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Anohter scoop

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and dump

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and the worksite as Sparky goes to his real work

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