November 10, 2005:
Harvesting Pearman Girders
Early morning and here is an inside view of the Pearman supports (looking
west), a sleeping 1250 and the Grace skeleton
Soon the 1250 wakes up (Michael's alarm) and he starts hammering away
at the top of the next pier cap. Notice to the left - the water to
minimize dust
On the other side of the street is Chris and his 7550 for a little
girder picking action this morning
The burners are cutting the cross members that couple the left outside
and adjacent girders
a closer look at burning
When Chris tried to lift the girder, the far end cross braces did not break -
so
Chris placed the girder back on the near pier cap
and then the guys elevated themselves to make a final burn
which freed the girder. I have stiched together a group of photos showing
the acrobatics that Chris must do with the girder to move it from the top
of the pier cap to its resting place. Click for a
9 Mb mpg video segment
and placed so that it can be cut into shorter segments
that can be loaded into a truck and removed
and in the meantime, Michael has removed the left section of the pier cap
A last look at the worksite