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(66) 11/7/2017
Goosepond Mountain State Park
Seely Brook stone bridge repair
project complete

27-Jan-17

The pathway is dangerous

Taking measurements and making a plan

April 14, 2017 a pathway is clear

5/12/17 -2

May 12, 2017 testing concrete form template on upstream side

5/12/17 -1

May 12, 2017 testing concrete form template on downstream side

Friday 7/14/2017 the construction stage begins

First clear the brush along the brook

Now clear the bridge

More brush clearing

Removing roots from the bridge

We have to dig down to the arch

Brush cleared but the water is high

More clearing and planning

Saturday 7/15/17 building the forms

All forms were made by hand

Don cuts the plywood

Terri and Gail assembling a frame

Bending the rebar

Some rebar bent and a few more to go

Forms being assembled

Forms clamped together waiting to be drilled

Assembling the last form section

Form sections finished and assembled

Sunday 7/16/17, forms delivered to worksite

It‘s time to put up the highline

Carolyn working the griphoist

Moving a support pole into position

Pole #2

Ok, support foundation poles in place

Support framing begins

Installing the forms

Three sections installed

Proper support for the forms is very important

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Alan makes sure everything is level

Another form section in place

Erik discussing crib wall placement

Digging out for the crib walls

Six form sections now in place

Rock on the line

Moving in another anchor rock

Another anchor rock goes for a ride

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That‘s all for this weekend.

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Friday 7/21/17 site survey

End wall begins

Defining the end of this form

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Wednesday 7/26/17 building a plug

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Using the highline to place the form

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Setting the form or plug in place

In position and secured

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Erik explains how the plug will work

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The outside wall of the form taking shape

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Enviro Release - a spray-on cement form release agent it‘s safe and biodegrade

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End view of form minus re-bar

Friday 7/28/17 filter fence being installed

Crib wall ‘B‘ going here

Erik explains his vision for this project

Chinking

More chinking

Still more chinking

Next comes the re-bar

Iron re-bar strengtheners

Installing more re-bar

Re-bar in place

Crib-wall ‘A‘ getting started

Crib-wall ‘A‘ begins to grow

Saturday 7/29/17 Gail and Terri clearing debris from arch #2

Crib-wall ‘A‘ nearing completion

Crib-wall ‘D‘ underway

Top of form view

Project view from the highline

Building crib-wall ‘C‘

All panels on, form now ready for cement

Crib-wall ‘A‘ finished

Sunday 7/30/17 rock on the line

Erik explains his design for the center

Russ got a little dirty today

Another rock for crib-wall ‘D‘

Field reporter Amanda stops by

Crib-wall ‘C‘ taking shape

Lissa hammers in some crush to fill the gaps

Another big rock for crib-wall ‘C‘

And another big rock for crib-wall ‘C‘

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Crib-wall ‘B‘ before

Crib-wall ‘B‘ after

Crib-wall ‘C‘ almost complete

The ‘center‘ downstream still needs a base

The trail is safe and passable

45a

Several pallets of cement have been delivered

45b

Cement is covered until all permits are finalized

Nov-00

Just add water. Yeah sure

1-Nov

Friday 8/11/17 safety meeting

2-Nov

A nice quiet day to pour concrete

3-Nov

Low water today. Yeah

4-Nov

Sandy moving the cement bags

5-Nov

Mixing 1 bag of cement per load

6-Nov

We also mixed concrete in mortar trays

7-Nov

Start pouring the concrete

8-Nov

Pouring a tray full into the wall

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The tray pouring process

9-Nov

Chris reaches in and settles the concrete

10-Nov

This wall is filling up

11-Nov

Bob C with another tray full

12-Nov

Wheelbarrow staging

13-Nov

A visitor

14-Nov

Jim finishing the wall

15-Nov

End of Friday and everything looks Ok

16-Nov

A water visitor

17-Nov

Pour #1 is finished… Whew

1-Dec

Saturday morning 8/12/17

2-Dec

Blowdown ahead

3-Dec

Using the car to move the tree

5-Dec

Wow the water is high today

6-Dec

Dr. Dave inspects the forms

8-Dec

First piece of the form comes off

9-Dec

Taking the form apart

10-Dec

Yes the cement did set up even with the heavy rain

11-Dec

More cement exposed

12-Dec

The end form piece comes off

13-Dec

Removing more form pieces

14-Dec

Removing the forms sections from the arch

12-14A

All arch form sections are removed

15-Dec

Getting ready to remove the plug

16-Dec

Using the highline to lift the plug out

Erik loosens the plug

17-Dec

The plug is out

18-Dec

Set it aside for use on the next arch

19-Dec

That one is almost finished, now onto the next arch

20-Dec

A helping hand is always welcome

21-Dec

Colin using an armstrong saw

22-Dec

The two support poles are in place

23-Dec

First form section on arch #2

24-Dec

More arch sections and bracing

25-Dec

Now 3 arch sections are in place

26-Dec

A firm support for the forms

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Dr. Dave‘s crib-wall grows higher

28-Dec

End of day Saturday. looking pretty good

29-Dec

The downstream side also need our help

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Sunday 8/13/17

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A beautiful place to work

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Todays aquatic visitor

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Clearing out the debris for the form extension

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He‘s got it cleared down to all rock

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Next prepare a base for the form section extension

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Form extension anchored in place

13-5

Gail and Terri prepare the plug

13-7

Installing the plug

13-8

It‘s a custom fit

13-9

Measure twice cut once

13-10

Marty finally went a little over the edge

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End of day shot from left side

13-12

End of day shot from right side

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The trail is still open to the public

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End of day crew meeting

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Friday 8/25/17 and another LDTC crew outing begins

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Where the form meets the rocks

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David stops for a breather

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Ed connecting the re-bar

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We use a lot of chinking paper to keep the cement out of the water

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Re-bar all secured and waiting for cement

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More chinking

D-25-8

Neighbors stop by to help

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Tomorrow we mix and pour concrete

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Saturday 8/26/17 concrete day

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The mixing begins

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Using 5 wheelbarrows it‘s a beehive of activity

The pour train in action

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Dr. Dave and Chris keep poking the mix

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Cement gets dumped & poked

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A look at the connected forms from under the bridge

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Watch where you put your hand down

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Jeff and Elizabeth taking a short break

D-26-11

Making sure the form stays together

D-26-12

The pour is almost complete

D-26-13

The pour for today is over

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Erik explains the next phase of this project

D-26-15

Time to move the high-line

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Everyone pitches in to keep Dr. Dave safe

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The end of another great crew outing

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Sunday 8/27/17 a beautiful start to the day

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Cement is dry, let‘s remove the plug

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This time the plug came out faster

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Front forms off all looks good

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Time to reset the support poles

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Bob tries to gently split a few rocks

11b

More feathers and wedges

11c

Peter does some tappy tap

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Arch 3 form base taking shape

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Looks like a lot of concrete will be needed for arch #3

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Five sections in place

Look at that… the form doesn‘t fit

That big crib wall rock is in the way

Modify the form

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Reverse view of new form base

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Front view of new form base

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End of day, arch 3 form base in place

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Wednesday 8/30/17 a midweek crew of 5 today

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End wall started

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Setting a boundary wall location

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Getting ready to fit the first top form piece

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Marty using the hammer drill

30-7

More use of feathers and wedges

30-8

Any rock sticking up has to be addressed

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Dr. Dave and Jeff prepare for the next form section

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First top form section being fitted

30-11

End wall and 3 new sections installed today

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End of day view Wednesday 8/30/17

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Seely Brook has stayed very low

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Today‘s aquatic visitors

1-May

Tuesday 9/5/17 a midweek crew of 8 today

2-May

Cement and straw delivered

3-May

Our daytime visitor

4-May

Designing the corner form

5-May

Ed really screws it up

6-May

This arch #3 cement form is almost complete

The entire form has been secured with ropes

8-May

We covered the top of the bridge

9-May

With tarps in place, we closed the bridge

10-May

The Bridge is closed (temporary)

P3-8-1

Friday 9/8/17… the day begins with treating the forms

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Marion checking the voids

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Putting form release on all sections

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Marion ready with the chinking paper

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Chinking underway

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Chris and Erik looking for drain holes

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Chris drills a few drain holes

Drilling movie

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Drain holes

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Ed begins to set the rebar for arch #3

P3-8-9

Every piece of rebar gets wired together

P3-8-10

Rebar complete on arch #3

P3-8-11

The voids from arch #1 & arch #2 are now filled

P3-8-12

Marion uses a hazel hoe to level the dirt

P3-8-13 ERIK PEG

Erik says the plan is to hit the spike not next to it

P3-8-13

Bringing in large rocks for the dolphin

P3-8-14

Arches #1 with new dolphin

P3-8-14

End of day cover-up

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Saturday 9/9/17 today we pour the cement for arch #3

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The form is ready

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Staging cement on the far side of the bridge

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Gathering water to mix with the cement

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And the dance begins

The dance movie

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It‘s wheelbarrow

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after wheelbarrow

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after wheelbarrow

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Poking and shaking the cement to help it settle

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Slowly the form is filled with cement

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More water needed

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Howie takes a breather

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A line of wheelbarrows in queue

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More wheelbarrows of cement

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Still more cement

P3-9-11

Arch #3 form almost completely filled with cement

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Just finishing the top

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View of the top of arch #3

P3-9-13

Mixing and pouring complete by Noon… WOW

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All we can do now is wait until tomorrow

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After lunch Dr. Dave wants to move some rocks

P3-9-14B-DB ROCK LW

Dr. Dave a real rock and roller

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Many others also tried to move it

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Looks like we‘re playing tug-of-war belay line

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After lunch we work on the dolphin

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Heavy chains secure the form

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The chain is tightened with a come-a-long

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An afternoon visitor

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And shouting approval of the project

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Then on his or her way

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Now it‘s Lou up the tree

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We have to move the high-line

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A furry friend hiding in the pallets

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Sunday 9/10/17… arch #3 form removal day

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Wow what a beautiful day

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Front forms off and everything looks great

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Now the arch forms are off

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Jeff takes off the top of the form

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Wow just one more arch to go

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View of arch #3 from the near side

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Rich taking the stepping stones

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Another visitor stops by

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We set up the form supports for arch #4

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The final crib-wall (D) begins to takes shape

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By the end of the day, the arch forms are in place

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Wednesday 9/20/17 - pour #4 prep day

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Working on the new forms

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Crib-wall (C) continues to grow

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A lot of the void is filled with boulders

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More large rocks for the crib-wall

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After the boulders, comes crush and dirt

9 20-8

Crib-wall (C) complete

9 20-9

Erik assembling the form

9 20-10

The front wall is ready for the rebar

9 20-12

The form for arch #4 is ready for rebar

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Wednesday 9/20/17 end of day

Wednesday 9/20/17 pour #4 prep day movie

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Friday 9/22/17 pour #4 weekend begins

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Chinking all done

9 22-3

Lower rebar ready

9 22-5

Almost done attaching the rebar

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What a beautiful setting

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griphoist waiting line

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Friday 9/22/17 end of day

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Arch #4 is ready for concrete

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Saturday 9/23/17 we pour the cement for arch #4

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The wheelbarrow train is on a roll

9 23-4

Mix and pour, then repeat

9 23-5

Time to secure the form

9 23-6

More mixing

9 23-7

Our supply station

9 23-8

Dump and pour

9 23-9

And push and poke

9 23-10

Now filling in the outer wall

9 23-11

There were mixing stations on both sides of the stream

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More mixing and pushing

9 23-13

Just in case any cement leaked we were ready

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Finishing the pour

9 23-15

Pushing and poking to the very end

9 23-16

More water please

9 23-17

Not much to stand on

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Don‘t back up

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Just a little more. then we‘re done

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The end of the pour

Seely Brook arch #4 pour movie

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We move onto finishing the crib wall (C) next to arch #3

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Saturday 9/23/17 . it‘s all over but the wait

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Sunday 9/24/17 today we reveal the new arch

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Off come the forms

9 24-3

Can‘t wait to see how it looks

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Excellent

9 24-5

Front forms off and the arch is looking good

9 24-7

Peter is really smokin

9 24-8

Time to remove the support poles

9 24-9

First support pole up and out

9 24-10

Second support pole ready to go for a ride

9 24-11

Preparing the surface for the top coat

Preparing the surface movie

9 24-13

More rocks for crib wall (D) next to arch #4

9 24-15

It‘s one big rock on top of another

9 24-19

Dr. Dave works at making the arches pretty

9 24-20

Finishing the roadway base

9 24-25 7 Side B start

Roadway base before

9 24-26

Roadway base today. not quite finished

9 24-21

Downstream arches #3 view 1

9 24-22

Downstream arches #3 view 2

9/24/2023

Downstream arches #3 … before

9 24-30

Upstream arches #1 view 1

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Upstream arches #1 view 2

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Upstream arches #1 . before

9 24-29

Upstream arches #1 today

10/6/2001

Friday 10/6/17 road millings added and final cleanup

10/6/2002

Drying out the tarps

10/6/2003

NY Parks department arrives

10/6/2004

50 tons of road millings arrive

10/6/2005

A delicate maneuver

10/6/2006

Spreading the millings

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Then the millings are raked to make it smooth

10/6/2007

Tamping the millings

10/6/2008

Now to the cleanup

10/6/2009

More cleanup

10/6/2010

Making it look like we were never here

10/6/2011

The final pile of brush

10/6/2012

Dr. Dave prepares to use the slingshot

10/6/2013

Setting the sling pole

Dr. Dave‘s slingshot movie

10/6/2017

View from the tree

Bumper rails now installed

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11/4/17 Ribbon cutting day

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Ribbon cutting speeches

RC3

Jeff Zahn makes a presentation

RC4

Many thanks to the Bellvale community

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A big thank you to Arthur Seeman from OPAHP

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Local resident and donor Brenda Board

RC8

Ok it‘s official the trail is now open to all

Ribbon Cutting day

Group photo

Final view