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May 2002 photos of the Main Library Project
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A crane parked in a basement corner rests its grapple on the former front terrace.
5/7/02

The south border of the site is excavated.
5/14/02

N. Grove Avenue has been closed adjacent to the Library site.
5/14/02

Below ground a multitude of construction equipment works.
5/21/02
Excavation has begun in the north section of the lot.
5/21/02
Part of the N. Grove Avenue sidewalk along Scoville Park has been closed for the construction project.
5/21/02

N. Grove Avenue has been closed and the surface removed.
5/21/02
A crane raises a 22-foot corrugated plate of sheet piling to vertical. It will be driven into the ground to form an earth retention wall.
5/21/02
A large trench has been excavated along the north side of the site.
5/21/02

Corrugated vertical plates called sheet piling are driven into the ground to form an earth retention wall around the site. The sheeting will also be the formwork for the foundation walls.
5/24/02

The sheet piling retention wall is in place along the west side of the site.
5/29/02

The south side of the site.
5/29/02
 

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