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Monastery
Development
The Road to the Isle
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The
next day, as the first section laid and protected by bags of
stone becomes visible,
the protecting bags are removed. |
Keith
Maxwell of Bay, Stronsay performs yet another masterful piece of machine
handling
by offloading a trailer full of stone chips from the steamer,
dropping them at the Station Pier one mile away
and returning the trailer to the steamer in an incredible eight minutes!
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Days
later... Brothers Gerard and Paul in the thick of concreting. |
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Progress
so far. |
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Head
of the building team Mr Peter Chalmers in a precise moment. |
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Project
mastermind Mr Cyril Maxwell bridges the gap between old and
new. |
Soon
to be a forgotten scene:
the Santa Maria leaving the rocky beach to take the road to the isle.
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