Changing the face of Charleston : The unbuilding of the Grace and Pearman Bridges
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March 8, 2006:
Sparky writes A Farewell to Grace

Richie is not only the ace cutter, but watch him operate his grapple

Richie grappling

More grappling

Pio watching the duet for grapple and shear

Richie and Pio - a very good duet

Richie and his jaws

? and the shear

Manny?

Uncoupling a piece of grace - Chris Dangerfield (left) and Charles Spires (right)

Richie in his other guise - cutting Grace's base

More cutting

Cutting an the sun says goodbye

a flying piece of Grace's base

Pio on an inspection tour

Dale Earnhardt (Steve Demello in disguise) at work

Pulling Grace's base from the barge

Pulling a piece of Grace

Chewing a bit

and depositing what is left over

Day's end

from a different angle

and a final farewell to Grace (Sparky adds a nice touch)

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