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2007-10-01 Grit blastingThe encapsulation keeping all that dust and paint contained.
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2007-10-01 Grit blastingA murky shot inside the encapsulation as the dust settles.
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2007-10-01 Grit blastingNotice that one set of handrails is now pristine while the other is still covered in rust and paint.
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2007-10-01 Grit blastingThe cast date at the apex. Removing the paint has revealed the flush heads of the bolts holding the two rib sections together and it is interested to see that each hand-made bolt was numbered with pock-marks during trial assembly. This was so that they could be put back in the same location when erected on site.
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2007-10-01 Grit blastingNathaniel Wright's logo, as crisp as the day it was made.
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2007-10-02 Grit blastingA view of the outside of one of the outer arched ribs. The rings have been cast separately and then bolted / riveted in.
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2007-10-02 Grit blastingA view of the inside of one of the outer arched ribs. You can see the riveted / bolted plates holding them in.
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2007-10-02 Grit blastingThe rings in the inner arched rib are an integral part of the casting, unlike the larger outer ribs.
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2007-10-02 Grit blastingA view of the Salford Iron Works lettering fresh from grit blasting.
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2007-10-02 Grit blastingA view of a cleaned up bolted joint at the apex of one of the sets of outer arched ribs.
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2007-10-02 Grit blastingA view of a up bolted joint at the apex of one of the sets of outer arched ribs before grit blasting.
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2007-10-04 Grit blasting finishedFlaws and blow-holes in the surface of the central rib are revealed by the grit blasting. These have always been there since they were cast at the factory.
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