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[Victoria Watcher]

Guess they'll have to leave it there and turn the shipyard into a coal loading port.

 

there is no reason not to be a big coal port.  rock bay has a long coal history.

[aastra]

Coal story, bro.

[JanionGuy]

i'm stoked to see that thing go under the bridge.

[aastra]

Yes, we're all excited about it.

[aastra]

 

...go under the bridge.

 

I suppose we should be excited. That's a tight squeeze. Maybe they'll have to scuttle the whole operation.

 

If the coal stacker gets stuck would we regard it as a miner inconvenience?

[Gary H]

They've been SLOWLY rolling the giant coal stacker / reclaimer onto the Dynamic Beast barge today.  While not quite as slow a moving a Saturn V rocket to its launch pad, it's slow...

 

Note how the wheels adjust in height to keep the stacker level as it traverses up the loading ramp onto the barge.  Looks like they also went with a different company, Mammoet, than what Ramsay used for their stacker transport.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited by Gary H, 10 August 2020 - 04:28 PM.

[Redd42]

Love that there was an audience! 

[Linear Thinker]

News today reports departure is August 15. Highest tide is at 11:10pm.

[Gary H]

The next few days will be spent securing the machine to the barge.  Note for example the supports under the concrete counter weights.

 

 

 

[Gary H]

Meanwhile...

 

At another part of the shipyard is this barge with gigantic sidewalls - taller than I've ever seen.  The third pic shows some perspective.  A constant stream of cement trucks came through the yard pouring a concrete floor in the barge.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited by Gary H, 11 August 2020 - 09:21 PM.

[Mike K.]

Wow. That is huge. 

[Nparker]

Wow. That is huge. 

That's what she said.

[laconic]

Beast and burden

 

 

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[Gary H]

And some clearer shots...  Even more detail if you click through to flickr   

 

Oh, I did I mention there's a short video coming, in 4K.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[SimonH]

And some clearer shots...  Even more detail if you click through to flickr   

 

Oh, I did I mention there's a short video coming, in 4K.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

is it heading to Beacon Park ?

[Gary H]

Nearing Trial Island, about 7-10 km from my camera, maybe more.  At 600 mm full optical zoom there's a lot of atmospheric distortion.

 

[Jackerbie]

I happened to be walking by when the bridge went up

 

[Spy Black]

The assembled throngs viewing the passage burst into loud and spontaneous applause for the excellent seamanship displayed by the Seaspan Captains, who threaded the barge through the raised bridge like the experts they are!

[Nparker]

It appears to have been the best live show Victoria has seen in some time...and of course I missed it.

[Gary H]

For those who missed it...

 

Again, this is designed for the BIG screen.

 

https://youtu.be/P37nw_8mOCU

Edited by Gary H, 16 August 2020 - 10:37 PM.