Well...Twig was nearly just undercut!
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And now is tucked down trying to hide.
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A new cut now comes in from the right.
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Two dozers working the new haul road.
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Cell Tower Saga
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Posted 26 September 2013 - 06:08 PM
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Posted 26 September 2013 - 06:15 PM
Getting ready for another shot...Before:
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A really short vid:
And the After view:
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From the freeway, Twig is still in hiding.
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Nearly all of the ridge along the freeway is gone.
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Time for a meeting near what is left of that ridge.
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Posted 26 September 2013 - 06:21 PM
Haven't seen this critter before...must be used for compaction alongside the tunnel.
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More trees going down next to the creek.
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As the 320 was leaving the creek...oops!
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Left behind but not forgotten.
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It's nearly October!
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Posted 27 September 2013 - 09:44 AM
Hummm...I shoulda noticed that telephone pole was bent!
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Posted 27 September 2013 - 01:21 PM
Another ride on the four-wheeler after the shot near Honda. From the crossing - the last concrete pour to connect the upper and lower sections of the tunnel.
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The pit where the old quarry was, with the muck in the bottom finally all gone. Backfill has been in progress and this pit is now open into the pit to the west of the rock wall.
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The last of the topsoil/red dirt is being removed from the ridge along the freeway above the entrance to the old quarry.
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The famous rock wall and pit from the road to the top of the hill.
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The western edge of the rock wall pit. Note they've routed the haul road through this pit recently.
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Posted 27 September 2013 - 01:58 PM
Back at the top of the hill where only these slabs remain. On Monday there will be a catered lunch up here and the weather appears to be willing to cooperate.
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This view shows the quarry pit opening into the rock wall pit.
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The quarry pit with two white PVC pipes that go down to deflection sensor plates for future monitoring.
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Austin Powder finishing up drilling for a shot on Saturday morning. This would be an interesting vantage point...hummm!
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Posted 27 September 2013 - 02:18 PM
Looking down into the Honda pit...the old road to the top is the only thing between this pit and the rock wall pit.
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From right up close to the wall looking up to where Twig is still hiding.
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Heading up the new haul road - the pink flag on the right edge is at finished grade elevation. The rest of the hill above will come down to that point and all the area along the creek will be filled up to it. From here we charged all the way up along the cut through the red dirt path back to the top and I was hanging on with both hands so took no more pics on that ride!
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Once back on top I did take 3 wide shots to the east to compare to those from the earlier ride.
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That's our Buick SUV in the gray patch in the middle. Good spot to keep an eye on all that goes on during the day.
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The crossing will be a road in the finished project with two ponds above and below it. Once the rocks along Lee highway are exposed during excavation a location will be chosen to arrange (guess what?)...a waterfall!
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Posted 28 September 2013 - 11:56 AM
Well, I got to be able to be at this mornings blasts at the site. It was Awesome!!
Now I see why Tom is so into this pics and videoing of the development of the Falls
I took my own video of the blast. But it's not that great. Tom will be posting his
He took on the other side. It sure was something to see.
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Posted 28 September 2013 - 01:48 PM
Eckchually, sweet wife of mine, it was more like 1:30 this afternoon (but who's keeping track, right?) 
But, yes it was something to see! As I kinda hinted yesterday, I had the chance to be on top of the hill for today's shot and it was BIG...over 140 drilled holes!
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Posted 28 September 2013 - 02:08 PM
I'm going to try setting the Before and After pics side-by-side...
Oh well...nice try.
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Close up of the area slumped down after the material blew sideways into the pit.
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Close-up of the material blown into the pit.
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Posted 29 September 2013 - 04:21 AM
Eckchually, sweet wife of mine, it was more like 1:30 this afternoon (but who's keeping track, right?)
Wow! That was cool.
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Posted 30 September 2013 - 02:19 PM
And today the tent went up...
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The dignitaries arrive...
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And the catered lunch begins!
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Through the binoculars, I spotted a washtub along side the coffee/sweet tea jugs.
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Posted 30 September 2013 - 02:23 PM
I thought maybe this shot might have been timed for the dignitaries visit, but they'd already left.
And two After pics...
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Posted 30 September 2013 - 02:30 PM
Some new Permatile culvert sections showed up today.
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They're being staged in an area to the west side of the lower pond.
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Tomorrow I'll find a spot where I can see how/where these will be installed.
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Posted 30 September 2013 - 03:08 PM
Today's blast was as Awesome as Saturdays was...Great Video Hubby of mine!
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Posted 01 October 2013 - 07:06 AM
Took a look from a different angle, but didn't learn much. The loader on the left moves them one at a time...
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But even in this pic I'm not sure where they go. The downstream end of the tunnel is seen here...unfinished, I think.
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New haul road is in operation and runs clockwise - empties up on the left and full loads downhill on the right. Even in just a still pic bet our trucker friends can just about hear the jake brakes cackling!
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Lots of large boulders (and the tower foundation slabs) left to remove. Also, the tent!
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Speaking of the tent - once the caterer removes it and since the new haul road is running, it probably won't be long before this road is classified as 'surplus to requirements'! Bet it won't take much for Austin Powder to open the whole rock wall pit into the Honda pit, and soon.
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Posted 01 October 2013 - 10:56 AM
Missed another shot in the Honda pit while I was posting the above pics, but sure felt the seat cushion rumble under me! After that when I went back I saw this dozer near that road and thought he was cutting it off.
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But he was only scraping the top of the hill clear of the leftover piles of brush from earlier.
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Posted 02 October 2013 - 07:32 AM
On our way to supper last night we spotted the drills up on top...and those 3 guys are standing a whole lot closer to the edge than I ever would!
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And this morning they've been drilling near where they were standing! Will be interested to see how much material leaves the wall on this shot.
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Also drilling along the west side of the rock wall pit...there's still a good sized section off to the right of the road to be removed before the road goes away.
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Today there's a hammer working with the loader and dozer up top. Seems like the boulder field just keeps getting bigger.
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Posted 03 October 2013 - 09:05 AM
Boulder field this morning.
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Dozer has begun nudging the big stuff down to a lower level.
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And the loader has shifted to the right.
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When we were up there on the Kawasaki, there were many holes drilled but all they were hitting was the soft red dirt so they didn't need to charge those holes for a shot.
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Hummm...looks like that blue portajohn better look out!
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Wow! Look at all those holes! Bet that shot is designed to knock a LOT of the top down into the rock wall pit.
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Posted 04 October 2013 - 11:34 AM
Austin Powder finished Thursday afternoon so I took three 'Before' pics...
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Note the section of rock in the wall that slopes down to the right.
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And in this pic note that the old tower slab is visible.
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And just as it appeared all was ready, some inconsiderate cage (car) driver forced a semi into a ramp guardrail which tied up too many State Police cruisers to be able to set the roadblock, so...on to Friday morning and the call was made to drill and charge some more holes and add to the next shot.
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These holes are this side of the bottom of the road up the hill.
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And now it looks like we really are ready.
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