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10/13/2008

Continuing Restoration of the Roundhouse - Part 1





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Contractors continue to work on the restoration of the interior of the roundhouse. Here are some pictures of work being undertaken last week.
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In the picture at left, scaffolding was erected on Thursday to allow remedial work on the end wall of stall 32. The brick will be re-pointed, the windows repaired and the roof edge flashing replaced.
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In the picture to the left of the middle, we see that inside the roundhouse, on Wednesday and Thursday a contracting team vacuumed, washed and generally cleaned out all the old water passages, drains and sumps. The large driving-wheel drop pit was drained and now has been cleaned out. This pit will be closed with a steel lid and concrete cap, everything within will be left in place.

In the picture at the right of middle, the floor between stalls 18 and 26 has been opened up to allow installation of new storm and sanitary drains. In addition to this, in the picture to the right, the original 1929 clay tile drains between the service pits are deteriorated and are to be replaced.
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By Michael Guy, TRHA

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