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To: KC Burke

Lol, yes. “Relatively” undamaged. Any speculation on what the giant cranes are for? I can’t off the top of my head figure what they would be handling that would require that equipment. Maybe conveyor sections from the batch plant to the deposit area?


3,878 posted on 06/24/2017 12:34:45 PM PDT by abb ("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
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To: abb; KC Burke
"Any speculation on what the giant cranes are for?"

Well, here's one example. Placing equipment in the lower spillway rock cleaning area. Look at the drone pic from the top of the crane. Quite the height.

Another curious item: Third picture down shows an excavator to which they affixed a large tire to the bucket. The tire is compressed. They cut the tire sidewalls to hang downward so they could use it as a giant squeegee. This allows a "rubbing" of the "fines" debris downhill as this debris is being power washed away leaving clean rock.

Large crane lowering a "Ditch Witch" labeled piece of equipment


Fear of heights view from top of crane boom.


Giant "Squeegee" using a modified tire attached to an excavator bucket.



3,879 posted on 06/24/2017 2:31:15 PM PDT by EarthResearcher333
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