Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Building the Canal

New canal, viale Caprera, LivornoA more recent look at the works for the new canal where, after the digging, new shoulders in reinforced concrete are being built.New canal, viale Caprera, LivornoThe workers are tying rebars and coupling them to the palisade of micropoles, clearly visible on the left of the picture.New canal, viale Caprera, LivornoFrom left to right, the different stages of the work are visible: the rebarred shoulder, the molds in place and the reinforced concrete wall awaiting to be plastered.

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See also: An Useless Dig - Canale dei Navicelli - Viale Caprera - Micropoles - New Venice - A New Canal - Crash - The Dig - Venice's Canal - The Old “Cantina” - Along the New Canal - Under Construction - The Bomb - The Buried Bomb - The Wall - Modulblock

13 comments:

Luis Gomez said...

That is a lot of work. Great shots VP.

Lowell said...

Super series. It looks like a lot of work but also that they are doing everything possible to ensure this thing will last forever.

I especially like the last shot with the various stages shown. Quite fascinating!

Ilse said...

We had a tunnel being built in Boston for over a decade called "The Big Dig." Somehow, the Italians manage to make a big dig look neat and tidy. Our's was a big mess.

brattcat said...

Won't it be wonderful when this canal fills with water. It looks like maybe it will happen soon.

tapirgal said...

They're moving along fast, it seems. I can't wait to see it when it's done.

Dina said...

I hope the builders also keep such good photos of the progress, for the archives.
You need some good (and now hot) boots to work down there.
VP, I wish I had your technical vocabulary to describe such things.

cieldequimper said...

By the looks of it, water will be flowing there soon.

Cezar and Léia said...

wow it's massive, they are working hard there!
Thanks for this report post!It's a new process,I've never seen it.I like it a lot!
Léia

Unknown said...

Very interesting, VP!

B SQUARED said...

It seems that once it's done, you will never know it was done.

propostestefano said...

Ho bisogno di un'assistente

Small City Scenes said...

Moving along quite well it seems. A lot acomplished since the last photo you showed. MB

Kaori said...

The worker's yellow rubber boots are cute! ;-D