My Construction Photos > Coast Guard helicopter over tourists at confluence of Columbia River and Pacific Ocean. Oregon/Washington border, summer 2005
My Construction Photos > Coast Guard boat/ship: 44-foot US coast Guard motor lifeboat 44300, 44 ft long, served 20 years as a motor lifeboat, then 15 years as a training boat. Now housed as an exhibit at the Columbia River Maritime Museum, Astoria, Oregon 2005.
My Construction Photos > Coast Guard boat/ship: 44-foot US coast Guard motor lifeboat 44300, 44 ft long, served 20 years as a motor lifeboat, then 15 years as a training boat. Now housed as an exhibit at the Columbia River Maritime Museum, Astoria, Oregon 2005.
My Construction Photos > Coast Guard Cutter/Ship: Bridge of United States Coast Guard Reliance Class Patrol Cutter STEADFAST (WMEC) 623 was commissioned in 1968. She is now homeported in Astoria, Oregon where the great Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean in the most dangerous ocean/river entry in the world. The STEADFAST is 210.5 ft long and 34 ft wide with 10.5 ft draft, and it displaces 1,050 tons. She is propelled by 2 diesels with 2 shafts/propellers with 5,000 bhp and 18 knot speed, and she has a helicopter deck at midships (area surrounded by railing/net). She carries a crew of 62. Astoria, Oregon 2005.
My Construction Photos > Coast Guard Cutter/Ship: United States Coast Guard Reliance Class Patrol Cutter STEADFAST (WMEC) 623 was commissioned in 1968. She is now homeported in Astoria, Oregon where the great Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean in the most dangerous ocean/river entry in the world. The STEADFAST is 210.5 ft long and 34 ft wide with 10.5 ft draft, and it displaces 1,050 tons. She is propelled by 2 diesels with 2 shafts/propellers with 5,000 bhp and 18 knot speed, and she has a helicopter deck at midships (area surrounded by railing/net). She carries a crew of 62. Astoria, Oregon 2005.
My Construction Photos > Masonry construction safety, fall hazard: Laborer/ hod carrier stands on top of 6 ft high unstable stack of concrete block and 19 ft above ground, leaning out and stacking heavy blocks, with no fall protection from safety line or guardrail. Ann Arbor, 2004.
My Construction Photos > Road and fence construction: Truck mounted, highly specialized drop-hammer pile/post driver drives galvanized steel wide flange sections into ground to provide support for vehicle guardrails. Operator uses control levers to initiate lift of drop-hammer by cable and then its drop onto post/pile cap. Dixboro Bridge construction, Ann Arbor, Michigan, August 2005.
My Construction Photos > Road and fence construction: Truck mounted, highly specialized drop-hammer pile/post driver drives galvanized steel wide flange sections into ground to provide support for vehicle guardrails. Operator uses control levers to initiate lift of drop-hammer by cable and then its drop onto post/pile cap. Dixboro Bridge construction, Ann Arbor, Michigan, August 2005.
My Construction Photos > Road and fence construction: Truck mounted, highly specialized drop-hammer pile/post driver drives galvanized steel wide flange sections into ground to provide support for vehicle guardrails. The post is inserted into the drop-hammer guides/leads, and the top is fitted/attached to the cap that receives the beating from the drop-hammer. Operator uses control levers to initiate lift of drop-hammer by cable and then its drop onto post/pile cap. Dixboro Bridge construction, Ann Arbor, Michigan, August 2005.
Coast Guard helicopter over tourists at confluence of Columbia River and Pacific Ocean. Oregon/Washington border, summer 2005
My Construction Photos > Coast Guard helicopter over tourists at confluence of Columbia River and Pacific Ocean. Oregon/Washington border, summer 2005
Coast Guard helicopter over tourists at confluence of Columbia River and Pacific Ocean. Oregon/Washington border, summer 2005
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