The rain finally stopped and the project team met to get the restoration project started. The first thing the contractor and his crew will be doing is building plywood boxes to cover and protect the benches and the ripple as well as creating the construction entrance to the site. Over the next two weeks, workers will be protecting trees, the Menotomy Indian Hunter sculpture and more. A fence will be put up and pruning will be done to ensure that the trees don’t suffer from accidental damage. Then work on the lower pool will begin.
The Contractor submitted his own images to document the site prior to beginning the work. These are his photographs.
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Vault cover 2
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Vault cover
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Reflecting pool 2
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Rocks & Statue 2
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Rocks & statue
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Upper pool and Indian
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Upper pool and ripple 2
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Upper pool and ripple
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Ripple and stepping stones 2
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Ripple and stepping stones
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Ripple and reflecting pool 3
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Ripple and reflecting pool 2
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Ripple and reflecting pool
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Reflecting pool
This slide show documents work on the site starting from the installation of the fence, the protection of the benches and ripple, the removal of the bricks, coping stones and upper pool stones and the beginning of excavating the reflecting pool
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Excavation begins
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The big trucks arrive
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Cleared around the statue
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Ripple protectedLooking down from the Indian on the protected ripple
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Under Wraps
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Menotomy Indian protected from aboveCover supported by Black Walnuts on either side
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Trees support statue protectionTree wrapped to protect bark before support columns installed.
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Trees support statue protectionMenotomy Indian protected from falling debris by overhead cover
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Coping stones 4Coping stones piled, shrink wrapped and ready for storage
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Coping stones 3All stones numbered, and their orientation marked with grease crayon
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Remove coping stones 2Coping stones loosened, protected from chipping by wood inserts
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Remove coping stones 1Coping stones loosened and ready for storage
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Fork liftPallets of bricks moved with the fork lift
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Bricks 1shrink-wrapped for storage
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Bricks 2shrink-wrapped for storage
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Protecting the rippleWooden cover protects the ripple
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Entrance to the Job Site