The Hawaiian Railway Gets a New Building

The Frame

Photos of the erection of the frame for the new building.

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Photo by Glen Houlton Photo taken 8/2/03
Installing the cross beams onto the column.

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Photo by Glen Houlton Photo taken 8/2/03
Raising the "perlon" to tie the cross beams together.

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Photo by Glen Houlton Photo taken 8/2/03
The crew of Hawaiian Railway and Hawaiian Dredging watch the high work.

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Photo by Glen Houlton Photo taken 8/2/03
More HRS crew on the job.

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Photo by Glen Houlton Photo taken 8/2/03
The sun was HOT. You got the shade where ever you could.

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Photo by Glen Houlton Photo taken 8/2/03
Nuts top and bottom on the column make it so they can be adjusted to vertical.

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Photo by Glen Houlton Photo taken 8/2/03
Virgil connects the "perlon" to the cross beams.

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Photo by Glen Houlton Photo taken 8/2/03
The brackets are ready and waiting on this footing for the back wall.

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Photo by Glen Houlton Photo taken 8/2/03

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Photo by Glen Houlton Photo taken 8/2/03
The Office. Where the plans for this giant jigsaw puzzle are kept.

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Photo by Glen Houlton Photo taken 8/2/03

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Photo by Glen Houlton Photo taken 8/2/03

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Photo by Glen Houlton Photo taken 8/2/03
And the Railway cats are doing their job!

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Photo by Glen Houlton Photo taken 8/2/03
More cat attitude.