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ST. PHILIP TOWER DEMOLITION
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| Tower removal complete -
on Wednesday, September 27, the last section of the tower
was removed. The photographs above of the church building
and the bell were
taken on the following Friday and Monday, after the plywood, tarps were
removed and the bell moved to its temporary resting place. Below is a series showing the final stages of the
demolition. Click on the pictures to view larger images. |
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September 21. All vertical slices removed from west column..
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September 22. Removing horizontal sections.
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September 25. Continuing.
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September 26. East column is finished.
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More souvenirs.
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September 27. Close to the end.
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Finished.
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Last load.
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Tuesday,
September 19, 2006 -
Last Friday the last vertical slab from the east
column of the tower was removed, and the difference in the
two columns shows rapid progress. Work began on the west
column and today our photographer was fortunate and caught
the actual lowering of a slab from the west column. For that
sequence of pictures, click
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Thursday, September 14, 2006 - Following the
lowering of the bell on Monday morning, cutting and removal of vertical
slabs from the east column has progressed.
(Click on image for larger view)
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Good view of the blade in vertical position
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Cutting away at the east column.
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Souvenirs, anyone?
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Closeup of broken area of slab.
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Monday, September 11, 2006 - Finally, the bell was taken
down from the tower today at about 9 AM. Click
here for pictures
of the event.
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Friday, September 8 - There has been
little change in the appearance of the tower this week. Work
has consisted in completing the drilling of 84 holes in the
tower legs. Eye bolts will be inserted in these holes for
attachment to the cable from the crane and the slabs of
concrete will be lifted safely off the tower after
they are cut. The south slab above the bell has already been
removed. After the north slab is removed the bell will
be removed and the towers demolished in sections.
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| Thursday and Friday,
August 31-September 1 -
The south side of the tower cap was removed on
Wednesday, and work continues. The bell is now very visible. |
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Wednesday,
30 August, 2006 -
Work resumed today after the rainy
spell. The crane was on the job, was attached, and cutting
of the concrete began. |
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Friday, August 25, 1005 - Rain, so expect delays.
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Thursday, August 24, 2006 -
Installation of the cross-bracing continues.
Once the bracing is complete, the cap on the top of
the tower will be removed; then the bell will be lowered. It
now looks like that will occur sometime Monday afternoon.
Watch this page for updates.
Following the lowering of the bell, the tower will be
removed in sections, with that phase of the project
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Wednesday, August 23, 2006 - It had been announced
that the bell would be taken down today, but there were further delays.
There has been no new date announced, but information will be posted
here as soon as available.
In the meantime, progress was visible today in the
bracing of the tower. The bracing is needed because when the top of the
tower is removed, the individual columns would not be stable. Steel
inserts were placed into the holes that have been drilled in recent
days, and cross bracing is being attached to the inserts.
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| Monday, 21 August 2006 -
Not much new to report - photos show continuing wrapping of
the tower and drilling of holes for the steel stabilizers
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| DEMOLITION...
Friday, 18 August 2006 - The removal of the bell from
the tower, originally scheduled for today has been delayed,
partly because of a day of rain and partly because of
equipment malfunction. The new scheduled time for the bell
removal is Wednesday August 23 at 3 pm. Watch this page for
additional information as it becomes available.
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Thursday, 17 August 2006 - It rained on Tuesday, but work resumed
yesterday and today. Protection of the other parts of the building with
tarps and plywood has been done, and application of an adhesive to the tower surface
is underway.
Monday, 14 August 2006 - Workers arrived on the scene today to
begin the task of dismantling the bell tower adjacent to the St. Phiip
Church building. The tower, erected in the late 1960's, has been found
to be corroded internally, and cracking of of the concrete has occurred.
Repair is not practical, so after a period of roping off the area, and
obtaining contractors' bids, removal of the tower has begun.
The early stages of the work involve protecting other parts of the
building, and securing the tower so that demolition will occur in a
controlled manner. The bell is scheduled to be removed on Friday August
18 at 2:00 pm.
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Good-bye. |
Plywood to protect the roof. |
St. Philip statue is
covered. |
Earlier news stories have been moved to
2006 News
Archive
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