Work Parties - Photo Galleries
(WRG Canal Camps - Derwentside Side Weir, August 2012)
This photo gallery shows the work done by WRG in the summer of 2012.
Please note that the galleries are due to be updated in the near future to use a better viewing system.
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Busy brickies. We'll admit to this photo being slightly staged...
Photo: Gemma Bolton
Stonework begins at the invert to the outlet, which will eventually tie into the concrete
Photo: Alan Lines
Stonework continues - with yet another conference on which is the right piece of stone for the job!
Photo: George Rogers
Even the coordinator gets down and working, tying steel for the main concrete slab. It was a welcome relief for the other stresses of the site...
Photo: Gemma Bolton
The end of the WRG camps
Photo: George Rogers
The wonderful group of volunteers from the second week, accompanied by Mark, our helpful tractor driver supplied by DCC
Photo: Gemma Bolton
Some of the FCC committee on site on the Saturday to do some final jobs. Some of the WRG team from the following week's camp on the Chesterfield also worked on the Sunday, to enable the towpath to reopen on schedule.
Photo: Eric Singleton
Brick laying on the Saturday.
Photo: Eric Singleton
A puzzled site leader looks on.
Photo: Gemma Bolton
Pouring the main concrete slab.
Photo: Alan Lines
Tidying up the outlet details, where the concrete meets the earlier stonework.
Photo: Alan Lines
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Elsewhere, formwork is constructed for the future pour of the towpath deck. (This wasn't needed in the end as DCC used a different method to complete the deck).
Photo: Alan Lines