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As they come in, pictures of Hayle Viaduct work                 Day 10     Monday 17th November 2014              Pictures from Mick House

17/11/2014

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On Monday 17th November 2014 Mick House went on an official guided tour of all the sites involved. Many thanks to all personnel.
Part 1  Water Lane Site
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174 141117a11.55 Viaduct timbers at the Water lane site Copyright Mick House
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175 141117b11.54 Stockpiles of new ballast for the viaduct Copyright Mick House
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176 141117c11.54 Removal of temporary hardstand to reinstate the farmers land Copyright Mick House
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177 141117d11.54 Road access to Water lane site Copyright Mick House
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178 141117e11.40 Rail access to Water lane site Copyright Mick House
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179 141117f11.40 Rail and road access at Water lane site Copyright Mick House
Part 2  Trevassack Site
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180 141117a 12.44 Rail access to Trevassack site Copyright Mick House.
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181 141117b12.47 Old timbers waiting for the removal of redundant metalwork at Trevassack site. Copyright Mick House
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182 141117c12.46 Overview of Trevassack site Copyright Mick House
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183 141117d12.45 Old timbers with redundant metalwork removed to the Trevassack site Copyright Mick House
Part 3   Gwinear Road Site
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184 141117a13.15 Gwinear road site looking west towards level crossing and Hayle Copyright Mick House
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185 141117b13.16 Gwinear road site looking east towards Camborne Copyright Mick House
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186 141117c13.16 Old sleeper removed from viaduct Copyright Mick House
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187 141117d13.16 overview of Gwinear site and some plant Copyright Mick House
Part 4  The viaduct itself
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188 141117a0822 All the new timbers are in place Copyright Mick House
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189 141117b08.34 Rolls of waterproof membrane ready to be laid Copyright Mick House
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190 141117c10.56 looking west from scaffold Copyright Mick House.
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191 141117d10.58 looking east from scaffold Copyright Mick House
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192 141117e10.54 East end of viaduct Copyright Mick House
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193 141117f11.02 West end of viaduct Copyright Mick House
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194 141117g11.04 Old track ready to be attached to new Copyright Mick House
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195 141117g11.04 Old track ready to be attached to new Copyright Mick House
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196 141117i10.47 General view of the deck Copyright Mick House.
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197 141117j11.01 Looking at Plantation bridge, with rolls of waterproof membrane in the foreground Copyright Mick House
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198 141117k10.49 Waterproof membrane up the sides of the ballast retaining wall Copyright Mick House
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199 141117l10.55 Extended sleepers on east end of viaduct Copyright Mick House.
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200 141117m11.06 The black pipe in the middle of this photo has fibre optics and electrical services running though it Copyright Mick House
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201 141117n10.42 Redundant steel brackets removed from the girders Copyright Mick House
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202 141117o11.14 Looking east along south side lower deck of scaffold Copyright Mick House
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203 141117p10.42 The most of the steel girders are in good condition Copyright Mick House
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204 141117q10.44 The new timbers are held in place on the girders with devices called Lindapter clamps Copyright Mick House
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205 141117r10.42 Close-up of Lindapter clamps Copyright Mick House
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206 141117s13.40 A big thank you to all the team that made it possible Copyright Mick House
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207 141117t13.41 A happy bunch. I would like to thank both Network Rail and Dyer & Butler Copyright Mick House
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208 141117u13.41 Lee Haberfield (Construction manager) Copyright Mick House
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209 141117v13.41 Daniel Senyer (Project Manager) because of the weather that was the best shot I could get Copyright Mick House
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210 141117w13.41 Jennifer Pearson (Scheme Project Manager) Copyright Mick House
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211 141117x13.41 Rosie Majer (Scheme Project Manager) Copyright Mick House.
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212 141117y13.41 The man that made it all possible for me to visit the site Scott Billinger (Project Manager) Copyright Mick House.
Many thanks to all involved for turning out on such a foul day.
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