This is a pictorial record of the building of the new slipway, much talked about, but finally a design was agreed on and the costs accepted.
There are far too many photos to show them all on one page, so they have been spread across several.
To get to the start of the project, scroll down to the bottom of this page then click on "Older Posts", and do it again on that page till you get to the start, where you'll see an overhead picture of the slip before the work started. Click on "Newer Posts" to progress to later photos.
Click on a photograph to enlarge it.
The photographs are arranged in the form of a journal, in date order, starting with the earliest at the bottom.
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The first major action was the unloading of a large 360° excavator on the 19th of March 2011. This was used to pre-dredge the area round the slip and to load several tonnes of hardcore into it to sit the even larger excavator that was to install the piles that would be the coffer dam. In this area all the rest of the work was to be done, in the dry, after the water inside the dam was pumped out.
Unfortunately, as with most projects, things didn't go to plan, we had some leaks that took all of 6 weeks to track down and seal.
Prior to the arrival of the big digger, several weeks were spent in fabricating the steel frames, the largest of which weighed 1.8 tonnes, and the smallest about a tonne. A lot of unseen time and effort went into the procuring of the steel and into the cutting and welding of the 6 frames.
4.5.12. This was the last day of work directly on the building of the slip. The team is now disbanded, redundancy pay is being negotiated, and a hoped for long rest is being sought.
There is to be an official Opening of the slip on the 2nd of June 2012.
There is some other work in the vicinity but this will have to be done by normal work parties.
This will therefor be the last post on the blog. I haven't counted the photos, but there must be more than a couple of dozen. Hopefully they will be able to serve as a record of how the slip was built, so that we don't have the problems we had with this one in wondering what we'd find when we started digging.
If anyone has words that should be added to this record, let me know and I'll add them.
There is to be an official Opening of the slip on the 2nd of June 2012.
There is some other work in the vicinity but this will have to be done by normal work parties.
This will therefor be the last post on the blog. I haven't counted the photos, but there must be more than a couple of dozen. Hopefully they will be able to serve as a record of how the slip was built, so that we don't have the problems we had with this one in wondering what we'd find when we started digging.
If anyone has words that should be added to this record, let me know and I'll add them.
1.5.12. Luckily a dry day for the final concreting job. The final length of the road side of the slip as it was a small pour was done on the day before as was the bottom picture of this post.
Today's was a full load of the concrete mixer lorry with the conveyor belt and went into the water side of the slip wall, and the end of the jetty and steps. Most of the usual helpers, led by Colin, were there, and though we found the load to be just not enough to fill Ashley's shuttering, Alan was able to get another small load in time to complete the job without a stoppage.
Today's was a full load of the concrete mixer lorry with the conveyor belt and went into the water side of the slip wall, and the end of the jetty and steps. Most of the usual helpers, led by Colin, were there, and though we found the load to be just not enough to fill Ashley's shuttering, Alan was able to get another small load in time to complete the job without a stoppage.
29.3.12. Testing day. We called on the usual people we use for testing our equipment for the job. Eye bolt plates were secured in the concrete of the slip and the WE blocks were located over them, two at a time. Then connected, with the load cells, and the blocks powered up to lift against the eye bolt plates in the concrete. The blocks have a capacity of 4 Tonnes each and all four of them met that figure comfortably.
To further prove the boat lift's capacity we then connected it to the barge and lifted it out of the water. Again, it accomplished the task easily.
While this was going on, the counter-balance weight for the front of the tractor was being completed. It consists of a large plastic fuel tank filled with concrete located on a plate welded to the front bracketry of the tractor. This is the last link in the chain of events to enable boats to be slipped. The first is planned to be Dennis's on the 31st.
To further prove the boat lift's capacity we then connected it to the barge and lifted it out of the water. Again, it accomplished the task easily.
While this was going on, the counter-balance weight for the front of the tractor was being completed. It consists of a large plastic fuel tank filled with concrete located on a plate welded to the front bracketry of the tractor. This is the last link in the chain of events to enable boats to be slipped. The first is planned to be Dennis's on the 31st.
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