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| A very crowded Kendall Street, 9th February 2018 |
Kendall Street Gosford was very crowded on the 9th of February 2018. From left to right we can see: the cherrypickers of the power repair workers; behind them, the top edge of a spoil truck waiting to be filled up on the Vue site; below them, a traffic controller keeping everyone safe in such a crowded street; workers moving from one part of the job to another (or off for their morning tea); 1920’s – 1940’s houses between the Vue and Icon sites; more tradies’ vans and a truck; behind them the blue screens of the Icon site; cars making their way up to the hospital or to their houses further up the street; and, in the bottom righthand corner of the photo, a yellow car that’s one of a long line of workers’ cars lining the street while the sites are active.
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| A narrow digger for a narrow trench in a narrow spot, 9th February 2018 |
I think this worker in the earthmover was one of the power cable repair people. Certainly, the earthmover is the right size for the narrow trench (just behind him) the repairers had were working in.
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| The narrow power cable trench, 9th February 2018 |
The narrow trench of the power cable repairs. Tired twisted old cables (upper left) removed and shiny new ones going in. A very tricky job in a short street with two active building sites on it.
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| Plenty of spoil left to scoop up, 9th February 2018 |
Another spoil removal truck being loaded with big scoops of soil dug out of the site. It was a fairly steep site so there’s been a lot of spoil to remove before work can begin on the lowest level of the building.
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| Does this machine remove or deposit? 9th February 2018 |
I have no idea what this machine does. If I was told, I’ve forgotten. The front part looks a lot like a conveyor belt to me. Does that mean another machine scoops spoil onto the conveyor belt? Please enlighten me, gentlemen. I’m dying of curiosity.
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| Go slow for cars passing through, 9th February 2018 |
In front of the Icon site on Kendall Street, another traffic controller was keeping us safe. It must be a bit unnerving to have an amateur photographer turn up to take snaps on what is already a crowded street full of cranes craning things high overhead, trucks loading and unloading, local residents’ cars queuing up to get through, workers loading and unloading on the side of the street and residents of the old houses coming and going.
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| Looking up at the load, 9th February 2018 |
Watching for wobble as the crane operator lifts another load of materials onto this busy site.
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| Backs of workers just visible against the blue mesh, 9th February 2018 |
A few workers backs visible, against the blue mesh, as they stay out of the way of the incoming load.
I hardly ever get to photograph workers on this site anymore, or at the Bonython Tower site. It’s a pity because those are the most interesting building site photos. But it will happen at every site that rises up high and it means those sites are well on their way to being finished.
And I’m going to get plenty more snaps of workers at work on the many sites yet to be opened in central Gosford and nearby.
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| Lovely views to be had from halfway up Icon, 9th February 2018 |
Looking back down Kendall Street from opposite the Icon site. Down at the bottom of the hill, near the bottom left of the photo, we can see the silvery water of Fagans Bay*. So, even though the building is only halfway to its full height, the views from up there must already be right down the length of the Brisbane Water estuary to Woy Woy and The Rip Bridge.
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| Just for pretty, 9th February 2018 |
Just for pretty. The crane, the scaffolding and the power lines made their own kind of art.
* Fagans Bay not Phegans Bay. Phegans is near Gosford, Fagans is a smaller bay you can see from the Gosford to WW cycleway or from the train just before it comes into Gosford.
Extra
I am slowly but surely putting together a list of all the locally owned businesses and locally made goods on the NSW Central Coast. Listings are free and will go online, on this website and on Locally Owned Locally Made Gosford.
By 'locally' I mean living locally, on the NSW Central Coast, if you are a tradie or business owner and made locally if you are supplying goods and/or services.
If you are a local tradie, local business owner, or supplier of locally made goods, please email me your business contact details to be included in my free listings. The only catch is that it's for LOCALS ONLY.
