Civil's Week July/August 2003
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Porthmadog< 2003 at Rhyd Ddu | August 2003 (No.9 Road) >
The Extension Work
At this stage of construction, the Extension consists of three activities: fencing to keep out livestock and delineate public footpaths; excavating and filling to get the level of the formation correct; laying and rolling the slate-waste haul road on which the railway will be laid.
Fencing Work
A major achievement in Civil's Week was the sheer amount of fencing completed. Because a public footpath runs alongside the railway here, there are three fences to construct. The outer stockproof fences (including repairs to existing dry stone walling) are done first, and the footpath fence is done concurrently with the other work.
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Arriving at the work site, it's time to tip the load. Ideally, this is done whilst moving the dumper slowly, to result in a nearly-flat carpet of loose slate waste, easy for the levelling chaps to make flat. Using the swivel-tipping dumper on which I happened to be working, it was possible - with some effort and practice - to lay two such carpets side by side, filling the full 4m width of the haul road. Rick Beton | |
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