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Restoration Effort
Images from November 2003 - March 2004



Recent restoration work photos illustrate the repair of a damaged column.

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Lifting weight of building off column #3 using special jacks

Removing the damaged column (Nov. 2003)

Positioning new column prior to installing it (Jan. 2004)

lifting stone at Peirce Mill

Driving pegs into capital to lock new column into place (Jan. 2004)

Cracked stone base prior to making repairs. (Jan. 2004)

Lifiting repaired stone prior to re-installation beneath Column #3 (March 2004)

photo of peirce mill lumber photo of lumber to build new waterwheel

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Special white oak lumber in storage in a barn in Calvert County
(Feb. 2004)
This lumber will be used to build a new waterwheel and repair or replace milling machinery
inside the mill (Feb. 2004)
 


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