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- Above:
The chains are removed whilst crane operator Steve Broad awaits the signal.
- The construction crew give a final check on the bearings.
- Above:
Master machine operator Kevin Ashworth at the Douglas Steam Saw Mill commences
- work on the production of the 140 buckets for the wheel. The machine in use will
- machine timber at the rate of ten meters per minute.
- Above:
Kevin checks a sample piece in one of the wheel rim segments.
- Above:
Tony Curtis (not the actor) from Island Fixings and Fitting Checks some of the 1,762
- bolts needed to build the wheel. Tony was also responsible for sourcing the company
- who hand made all the bolts.
- Above:
Jayne Reid from Travis Perkins standing amid the huge quantity of paint required to
- paint the wheel. The paint has to cover 5,800 sq feet of timber three times.
- Jayne who has put considerable time into getting the right paint for the job has since
- decided to join the team.
- Above:
The night crew commence painting the spokes with primer at the project workshop
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