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This is what the hole started as, the cavity under this is about 5 feet in diameter and a few feet deep. - James Kolanowski (jamesk) Viewed: 1969 times.
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After moving a lot of material with the backhoe, Dave and Jerry taking a turn at digging around the concrete culvert by hand to locate the breach. - James Kolanowski (jamesk) Viewed: 1881 times.
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Yes it really is that deep, standing in the hole the tracks are above you. - James Kolanowski (jamesk) Viewed: 1801 times.
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Finally deep enough to see that the two sections of culvert were never properly fitted when installed back in the early 80's. You can also see where the breach was allowing the earth above to wash away into the culvert. - James Kolanowski (jamesk) Viewed: 1843 times.
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A little closer view. - James Kolanowski (jamesk) Viewed: 1802 times.
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A view showing the exposed area of the 60 inch diameter culvert. - James Kolanowski (jamesk) Viewed: 1852 times.
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Water still flowing out the north end, half way up the pipe. - James Kolanowski (jamesk) Viewed: 1894 times.
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This view shows the area partially washed out, and the area we dug out. - James Kolanowski (jamesk) Viewed: 1890 times.
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Same as above, but from the other side of the hole. - James Kolanowski (jamesk) Viewed: 1811 times.
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This time a bit further back. - James Kolanowski (jamesk) Viewed: 1840 times.
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As a temporary repair, we place some large aluminum plates around the breach, and a smaller one over the top of the two sections. Then placed some large stone and concrete chunks on top. - James Kolanowski (jamesk) Viewed: 1806 times.
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The very top of the two sections. - James Kolanowski (jamesk) Viewed: 1807 times.
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A 2 foot wide by 3 foot tall aluminum street sign was used to cover the side with the breach, then large material placed on top. - James Kolanowski (jamesk) Viewed: 1835 times.
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Time to fill it back in. - James Kolanowski (jamesk) Viewed: 1813 times.
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More backfill, compressing a bit as we go. - James Kolanowski (jamesk) Viewed: 1865 times.
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The drive back in got a little deep after lunch, luckily the 1200HP tow truck was right next to us to pull back a little bit and take a faster run to get through it. - James Kolanowski (jamesk) Viewed: 1894 times.
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At the smaller culverts near MP 1.7, Dave gets ready to backfill after we removed and reset one of those sections that had separated. - James Kolanowski (jamesk) Viewed: 1825 times.
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A view after removal, cleanout, and resetting into place. - James Kolanowski (jamesk) Viewed: 1851 times.
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Warren and Jerry doing some filling by hand between the two culverts. - James Kolanowski (jamesk) Viewed: 1838 times.
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The machine handles the rest. - James Kolanowski (jamesk) Viewed: 1888 times.
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New ballast was dumped over the top of this after the compacting stone was filled around the pipe. - James Kolanowski (jamesk) Viewed: 1994 times.
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