Adjam5 Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 (edited) As many know I am an electrician that is currently working at the World Trade center memorial. Been there since February 2010. These are a few pics I have taken during my work day. There is a tremendous amount of work going on. I'm talking the Memorial(which takes up the whole foot print of the old towers), the Freedom tower(tower 1), tower 2 has not yet started, but towers 3 and 4 are under way. As are the 13 subway lines that are routed underneath it all. There are a incredible amount of cranes all over the job hoisting all day long. When I was sitting in my treestand a few weeks ago I was REALLY appreciating the lack of the ear splitting air horn blasts when cranes hoist loads over workers heads. Enjoy the pics. The Freedom Tower. Up to about 52 floors now. Going to be 1776' high. This is the North pool. There is also a South pool. Part of the Memorial. It is a 30' high, 1 acre square endless water fall into a empty hole to symbolize the loss that day. It all will be run with recycled rainwater and that water also will feed the trees with a very advanced irrigation system underneath it all. The tree plantings. They are sweet gum and White Oak. They all have been grown specifically for this project. This is tower 3 on left and 4 on right. This is the south side of the site. Where the 200 year old boat was found while digging and also where the Deutche Bank building had to be demolished because of mold created from the Ground Zero Rescue. As I said there are cranes all over this site. I was told there are like 28 cranes on site. Some insane amount of steel as structure supports. They are making this place bomb proof. This is a pic of the north west corner of the site. World Financial center on left. Also here is a link to the Memorial website for more info that has a live construction cam. http://www.national911memorial.org/site/PageServer?pagename=New_Home&cvridirect=true I feel a tremendous sense of pride working here and every piece of conduit I install is my signature on the worlds most famous AND largest construction project in the world right now. Edited December 9, 2010 by Adjam5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swohiodave Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Very neat pictures, thank you for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92xj Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Amazing pictures and work. Thank you Sir for posting these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Awesome pics Anthony, thanks for sharing them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWSmith Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Amazing pictures and work. Thank you Sir for posting these. Agreed...Awesome work to be a part of! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bowhunter56 Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Amazing project and pictures, thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleA Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Anthony, Thanks for taking the time to post the progress of the memorial. That my friend is a huge endeavor to say the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unioncountyslayer Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 These are great! Thanks for sharing. The lawn care professional in me doesn't envy whoever has to clean up around those sweet gum trees! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Very cool Anthony- gotta feel pretty special to do your part on a project of that magnitude. Thanks for bringing it to us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Thanks Anthony! I was thinking of taking the bus one day and heading to the city with my camera. It would be quite the sight to see the progress first hand knowing a good friend of mine had a hand in its making. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 GREAT pictures ,,, thanks for sharing those with us .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newarcher Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 That's awesome....what a cool thing to say you worked on. I like the design and ideas. I was just wondering what ground zero looks like today......amazing progress. New Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 That will be a beautiful memorial. I said I would never go back to NYC but if I head up that way I may have to make it over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gzilla45 Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Cool pics for sure. I can only imagine what it sounds like around there with all that chaos going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_lou Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Those are some great pictures. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Glad you are able to get and share more pictures with us Anthony. Very very cool you are a part of this project. Thanks for posting these for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm23494 Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 My wife and I visited ground zero on Monday and the pictures do not do justice to the amount of work that is occuring all over the site at once. I read somewhere that the waterfall memorial is supposed to be done and dedicated on the 10 year anniversary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike13candace Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Awesome pics. Good job Anthony. We are proud along with you.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted December 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 My wife and I visited ground zero on Monday and the pictures do not do justice to the amount of work that is occuring all over the site at once. I read somewhere that the waterfall memorial is supposed to be done and dedicated on the 10 year anniversary. Ahhh...would have loved to have met you guys . But yes...that is the plan for the Memorial(above ground) to be finished by the September anniversary. The company I work for has over 190 men on site and that is just electricians. Massive payroll to say the least. If ANYONE on this board visits NYC. You have to go see Ground Zero and the incredible progress being made. Mike...if you do take the bus in. Gimme a shout. Love to meet ya for lunch . Thanks for the great comments guys...but I am just a tiny piece of the BIG picture. The hardest thing about working there is ...there is not one day that I do not think about those that perished. I personally knew 3 good family men who perished that day. As the progress continues I will try and get more pics and post them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 Mike...if you do take the bus in. Gimme a shout. Love to meet ya for lunch] No doubt about that Anthony. Just a matter of picking a day to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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