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Layout Drawing
Thanks to Peter Booth for aligning the drawing properly
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2012 |
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W/C 19th February |
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The fencing was removed from alongside the Swan. Piling continues opposite the Kings Head. Underground CCTV vans and a drainage tanker were busy by the Kings Head. The large wall by Bankside House has been bricked over. The flood wall in Dunns Lane is being topped off with a flat layer of bricks. The road between the Plough & Kings Head is being cleared of old concrete. |
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W/C 12th February |
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On Tuesday the road along by the Swan was fenced off. Access to the houses has been left free. The area from Bridge House to Severn Leisure is being tidied after piling in preparation for digging out the earth ready for the wall foundations. On Wednesday huge lengths of timber were laid along the top of the built-up area in the river in preparation for the railings by the Swan being removed. Piling from Severn Leisure to the Kings Head continues. |
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W/C 5th February |
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Not much happened on Monday. On Tuesday, some brickwork and work on the rockery. By Thursday it appeared that the work in the river had finished. Work mostly at a standstill due to the very cold weather. |
| W/C 29th January |
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The 'rockery' is growing. Two digging machines are working now, one on the pile of stones and one on the land. Parts of the other side of one of the old bridges have now been uncovered. From Tuesday, work on piling and bricklaying was delayed due to the very cold weather. By Thursday the area between the Kings Head and in front of Bridge House had been prepared for piling. Large bags of small rock were being placed on the 'rockery', building up the area. |
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Environment Agency video of the Heritage Day about the old bridges |
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W/C 22nd January |
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Piling couldn't start outside Severn Leisure on Monday, as the machine was busy elsewhere. The stone platform is growing. On Tuesday, piling commenced. Excavation work on the old bridges continues, with several of the stones having been removed. On Wednesday the old bridge area was being covered and prepared for work on the wall. Thursday & Friday, bricks were laid opposite the Plough, where the wall joins the bridge, and in Dunns Lane. |
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W/C 15th January |
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Work commenced building up the bank alongside the Swan. Loads of large stones are being delivered by lorry from a quarry near Leicester and dropped into the river. On Wednesday bricklaying recommenced, having stopped because of heavy frosts. The remains of old bridges are being uncovered and prepared for the archaeology day on Friday. |
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W/C 8th January |
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Brickwork started. The lower bricks are engineering bricks and won't be visible when the wall is finished. On 10th January work commenced laying the facing bricks. The shuttering for the new wall by Bankside House appears to be in place. The electricity cables that went over the river from Lower High Street have been removed. The supply for East Waterside is now taken from that side of the river. |
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W/C 1st January |
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A quiet week. The core of the wall between the Plough & Kings Head has been finished. |
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2011 |
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W/C 18th December |
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W/C 11th December |
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Work commenced between the Disabled Area and Dunns Lane. Street furniture & turf removed and the working surface laid. More of the concrete core poured between the Plough & Kings Head. |
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W/C 4th December |
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Some engineering bricks (not facing) have arrived. Shuttering for the wall is still being erected. Infill between the foundations & the road continues. The first section of wall core has been poured. |
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November 2011 |
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W/C 27th November |
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Work continues at both ends of the wall. The line of the wall can be seen from the reinforcement bars between the Plough & Kings Head. |
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W/C 20th November |
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The pouring of the concrete wall foundations started on Tuesday. |
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W/C 13th November |
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Piles have been drilled in Dunns Lane & preparation work for the gate commenced. Preparations for a second pouring of concrete along the riverfront between the Kings Head and the bridge are in progress. |
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W/C 6th November |
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Work has recommenced on the green in Dunns Lane. Concrete is being laid at the other end of the project. |
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September / October 2011 |
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W/C 30th October |
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Work by the bridge was halted because some skeletons from the old cemetery were found. Digging around the piles continued. Work on the green in Dunns Lane halted. Apparently the river bank is collapsing. Cracks were observed during the summer. |
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W/C 23rd October |
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Piling continued up to the Kings Head River Terrace. Work started in Dunns Lane. Work started around the first piles by the bridge. |
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W/C 16th October |
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Work continued on putting in the piles |
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W/C 9th October |
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The road prepared for the piling machine. Piling started. |
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W/C 2nd October |
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Lamp posts removed. Preparations for piling machine. Lime trees pollarded. |
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W/C 25th September |
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Work continues on removing the paviers. The fencing around the Kings Head River Terrace has been removed. Netting to protect pedestrians from flying debris has been put on the security fencing. The footpath along the riverside is no longer accessible and notices saying 'No Mooring' have gone up. The paviers are being stacked on pallets and wrapped in preparation for storage. They will be replaced when the wall is built. Historic stones removed. |
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W/C 18th September |
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Morrison Construction took possession of the area from the bridge to the Kings Head on the 19th. Security fencing was put in place along the road, leaving the pavement free for pedestrians. On Tuesday the street furniture - seats and bollards - were removed. Upton in Bloom's floral tubs were transported to the footpath on Hanley Road. Gas services are being moved. On Wednesday & Thursday the large kerbstones and some of the road surface were removed. |