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Historic Entrance Stairs: Work in Progress

Historic Entrance Stairs - 2.0

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Library Director

Contact:

345 Main Street
North Andover, MA
01845

978-688-9505

Library Inside a Form

Brick library wall, viewed across the wooden forms for the concrete

Stair Wall Forms

Wooden forms create the shape into which cement will be poured

Stairs Footings

wood frames for the cement stair footings

Foundations Start

Concrete truck and long structural pieces

Waterproofing

Painting the wall with Waterproofing compound

Repointing Completed

View of historic entrance, repointing completed

Re-pointing facade

Brick facade, closer view

Re-Pointing Facade

Working on the bricks just below the roof

Lamp Posts Waiting to Return

sections of lamp-post lying on the lawn

Steps Waiting to Return

stair-pieces piled on lawn

New Drain, part 4

new drain installed and capped off

New Drain, part 3

close-up of new drain pipe

New Drain, part 2

location for new drain

New Drain, part 1

Excavated area with connecting drain-pipe

Ground Work Continues

almost all excavated

Beginning Ground Work

excavating in front of library

New Walls

Re-surfacing the interior wall

Filling Windows

filled-in window, from inside the building

Adding Walls

the old below-ground door and windows have been filled in

Under Weather

plastic tarps to protect from snow

Undercover Work

work space under the tarps

Old Drains Removed

old drains removed

Checking progress

Careful handwork next to building

Arch vaults away

Side stairs away

Side staircase wall removed

Stairs gone

Stairs coming away

Stairs coming away

Stairs carefully numbered

Stairs carefully numbered

Doors & windows protected

Doors and windows protected

Temporary entrance

Temporary entrance

Construction zone