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March 17, 2007: The Mt Pleasant Pier and cleanup at the port

Sparky made a visit to the two remaing worksites - the Mt. Pleasant Pier and the Port. Here is the almost completed Mt. Pleasant Pier

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and the worksite

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Then driving over the Ravenel Bridge - to visit the port

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This makes me a bit homesick - Freyssinet and their stay cables

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More homesick

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and more homesick

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The port worksite

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Mickey's team is already working - the Copco in place for drilling the Grace foundation

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Cleanup

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The Grace pier leftovers

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Randy fetching and toting debris

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A good view of the port worksite

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Randy fishing for debris

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Sparky art - a very nice reflection of Manny's crane

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And a pile of Grace debris

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