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Marina Construction 2000, Page 3
(left) Here a backhoe is backfilling the seawall with rock previously taken out of the site. (right) In this photo, Lighthouse Construction is dredging out the blasted rock from the launching wells, and passing it back to a pile on land. In the background Fitzgerald Construction is taking shot rock from the pile and backfilling the sea wall. Note the "road" that Lighthouse built for the backhoe to work from. It's twelve feet deep just off the end of that "road." To dredge out to the harbor entrance, they had built this road most of the way out to the corner of the dock. Most of it was just under the water.
(left) Another "action" photo of the dredging. In the right background can be seen the next section of seawall being prefabricated. (right) Lowering the next, third section of seawall into place.
(left) Completing the lowering of the seawall section, the backhoe and a man on the North section guide the new piece into place. (right) In the final stages of dredging, Lighthouse Construction works their way out of a corner of the launch wells.
(left) After the third section of straight seawall, the complex corners and turns of the launch wells were installed. These assemblies not only need to be straight, but to mate with the existing sheeting on both sides. This is the 75 ton launch well, which is located right where Building 2 used to be. (right) First of the launch well outer cribs is lowered into place. Like the seawall these will be pinned to the bottom, and filled with concrete and rocks.
(left) As the crib is lowered into place the crane and backhoe coordinate to make sure that it's in exactly the right place. Note the "guy on ice," he's working. The Fitzgerald crew used chainsaws to cut out the ice for the crib to go through. Just like in the GOOD OLD DAYS, when ice was cut, and stored under sawdust in ice houses for summer refrigeration. - And you though an ice house was just what people from Minnesota called fish shanties.- In the background is the reincarnation of BUILDING 3 (.1) (right) Both outer cribs in place. Later they will be trimmed to the proper height, and a "bridge" running across from shore will carry the Travelift out to the end.
(left) Looking at the new launch wells from across the harbor. Didn't think it was this easy to build a marina, did you?? this web site is always under construction |
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