Dry Stone Conservancy

This is the Conservancy's forth of seven covered bridge abutment restoration/training projects in partnership with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (see previous albums for Goddard, Bennetts Mill and Switzer Covered Bridges). As the timber contractor (Arnold Graton) completes his timber restoration work, the Conservancy is repairing the historic... Read More drystone abutment wingwalls as well as adding new drystone approach ramps to accommodate the new bridge elevation (the bridge was raised a few feet to avoid frequent floods). We were also asked to remove the central pier that was added several decades after the bridge was built, when the timberwork began to sag.

This is the second of now three phases of training/ restoration efforts involving the East Headrace at Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site in eastern Pennsylvania. The partnership is the third task order associated with DSC's five-year cooperative agreement with the Northeast Region Office of the National Park Service. Phase Two included a week... Read More-end workshop for Volunteers-in-the-Park and three week-long training sessions for high school students at several regional VoTech high schools. The headrace was originally built in the late 1800's but inappropriately "restored" in the late 1930's. During the training, the wall was carefully dismantled and rebuilt, correcting several faults while preserving the character-defining features of the original workmanship.

wish I coulda been there...... busy house building. Wonder if my property could get some volunteer walls put up on the property........... ;)