en cours
Birmingham, Alabama
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en cours Birmingham, Alabama |
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| sculpting the model for the cartouche by hand above. Below, the new idea being made at the plant for the surrounds of 2 window in the front where the surface color texture did not work adequately. | ||
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| The new idea being made at the plant for the surrounds of 2 window in the front where the surface color texture did not work adequately. Here we are preparing to make a negative after having made a model. | ||
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| Heavy steel pipe on steel base and with wire reinforcement are designed and fabricated to go inside the urns | ||
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| original model from which a mould was made that worked for half-urns. That mould failed to make a full urn. The hydrostatic pressure from such a large quantity of concrete for a solid urn 4-1/2 feet tall was too much. | The eventual 1,000 step mould process for a large full urn. The large size proved fatal for older mould methods because they were too weak. This new mould is currently 75% finished. | New mould |
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| New blocks for tower column | 68 24-1/4" square columns for tall section and cornice bases for tower | Components at Plant |
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| Components at Plant | Components at Plant | Components at Plant |
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| Components at Plant | ||
