Rubble Removal

Back in the 1990s, yes last millennium, we poured a massive amount of concrete footings all around the temple perimeter. The purpose was to use this rugged footing to build super-strong supports for the forms that would hold 4 million pounds. These footings weighed 300,000 pounds. though it was buried deep in the ground, some of it had to be removed recently, and in previous TAKA posts we showed Dennis Wong collecting the large pieces and then breaking them up. The next step was to bring in large containers, four in all, and load them with the rubble. They were taken away, ground into small pieces and are being reused in other construction projects on the island.

If you look closely at the yellow marker, you can see the angled wooden timbers bolted to the concrete that is below ground, to hold up the forms as 108 trucks of contrete are poured. Photo is 1998.

Dennis brings in a skid-steer to move the concrete chunks.

Load after load, for three days.

Into the empty container.

This was an important step, clearing the ground for Dennis to continue the terraforming. Good job, Dennis.

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