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Downsizing an island
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buzzy bee



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:20 am    Post subject: Downsizing an island Reply with quote
Hi

Here is a funny video I haven't seen before:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz3HoMEopgs&feature=related

Look at the size of the job, I wonder what they did in the end, and if it is indeed 3Foot tall today!

Cheers

Dave
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peter scott



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 7:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It does look like a fair weight of earth to shift. What they need is more labourers. Here's an example of the same job in reverse...

Peter

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buzzy bee



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi

It is amazing what they did isn't it! A lake near where I grew up is ginormous, and few know it is only 6 foot deep all the way accross, as that was dug by slaves.

The one at work has a dirty great oak plug, with a big chain on it, so you can drain it, if you needed to, the drain is a tunnel underground and enters the river about a mile or more away. If you look into the tunel from a manhole that has been put in it, you can see fish swimming up from the river aparently, not looked myself yet!

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Dave
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