March 10, 2007: Manny and his lifting and drivving act
Today most of the action centered around Manny and the guys driving steel
somethings into the riverbottom around the Seabreeze Marina pier. Here
is the worksite.
Another view of the wrapped left side and the guys working on the right
While Manny is still in the fetching and toting business with a twist -
using a hydraulic hammer to drive the steel somethings into the river
bottom
Here is the barrier building site
and the setup. The steel beams being lifted from the barge and then
placed against the edge of the Seabreeze pier. To the left
you can see the hose assembly for feeding the hydraulic hammer
and the hammer
Jaws - literally, for holding the beam in place while being hammered
down into the Town Creek floor
Here is the hammer assembly in position with a beam
and the start of the barrier - with welding generator in the background
Positioning the next beam
a closer view - is that Scott in a Green helmet - and Stan in the welding helmet
Down come the beam with Stan watiching and Scott directing traffic for
Manny
A Sparky-art photo. Looking up the side of the barge spud as
Manny positions the beam
Click to watch Manny
drive the beam down
Lower with Stan on the left and Scott on the right
and lower
and then Stan welding it to the adjacent beam
Stan makes nice clean welds
Positioning the next beam - Scott on the left and Stan exchanged his welding
helmet for his blue hardhat
and here is a great photo - Manny in the spread-eagle position with
baseball cap in place with Scott and Stan positioning the beam
Down it slowly comes - looks like Carlos with this white hat - but white
hats can be tricky to recognize
Scott encouraging the beam into the proper position with Stan wondering looking
at the alignment
While our sky team is busy positioning themselves
Then Manny lifts another beam
Up, up and away
Watch Manny lift another
until it is positioned. Then attach the hammer, reposition next
to the pier and drive it into
the Town Creek floor
