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The Steeple Comes Down!
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 11:20 am
by Jim O'Bryan
Steeple removed and coming...
... down.
The steeple like many of the valuable things from within the church are still owned by the
sister parish that will scrap the steeple for the copper on it.
Over 500 photos being assembled for your viewing pleasure.
more to follow!
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Re: The Steeple Comes Down!
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 1:11 pm
by Jim O'Bryan
Image from my iphone that went to the "Lakewood Observer" Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lakewood-Observer/151628958184731.
Re: The Steeple Comes Down!
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 1:41 pm
by Betsy Voinovich
The church looks afraid in this shot. It looks like it's waiting for something terrible to happen.
Betsy Voinovich
Re: The Steeple Comes Down!
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 1:54 pm
by Betsy Voinovich
Technically I guess these photos should be before Jim's.
Church destructors at work:
- spire.jpg (201.45 KiB) Viewed 1204 times
The crane approaches the spire with a big canvas harness.
- crane.jpg (247.18 KiB) Viewed 1204 times
From the cage on the crane the spire removers lasso the spire with the harness. I didn't quite get them attaching it.
Hoping to find children hammering small bits of green copper into toys to play with in the parking lot when I go by there again.
Betsy Voinovich
Re: The Steeple Comes Down!
Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 9:24 am
by Jim O'Bryan
Here are a couple more images as I prepare the album and gallery.
The steeple sits as the rest of the church seems to disappear minute by minute.
You can see how thick the copper is.
Almost gone!
100 year old timber used almost 100 years ago! The church was built before laminates,
so these beams are extremely old growth when it was used in 1913.
Off to the land fill.
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