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A contractor checks the thickness of steel with an ultrasonic thickness gauge during repair work of the bulkhead along the Point Pleasant Canal. Wherever crews find spots corroded by more than half of the original thickness, workers weld steel plates to the existing structure.

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Point Pleasant Canal Bulkhead Repairs
2/12/2013 3:28:02 PM
Abhe & Svoboda Construction Manager Justin Kotalik points out a corroded section of the steel bulkhead along the Point Pleasant Canal from inside a cofferdam. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District is working to repair the bulkhead with innovative techniques rather than replace it.

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Point Pleasant Canal Bulkhead Repairs
2/12/2013 3:18:09 PM
Abhe & Svoboda Construction Manager Justin Kotalik (right) and Steve Rochette of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District view sections of the steel bulkhead along the Point Pleasant Canal from inside a cofferdam. The temporary watertight enclosures make repairs possible.

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Point Pleasant Canal Bulkhead Repairs
2/12/2013 3:17:17 PM
Rudy Sorrells, an inspector for Abhe & Svoboda, speaks with Monica Chasten, a project manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District. Sorrells explains the operation of a desalination station used to produce freshwater for an ultra-high pressure wash of the steel bulkhead along the Point Pleasant Canal.

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Point Pleasant Canal Bulkhead Repairs
2/12/2013 3:16:36 PM
Moveable coffer dams, temporary watertight enclosures, are positioned against the Point Pleasant Canal bulkhead, and contractors pump the area dry to expose the length of the steel bulkhead and make repairs possible.

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Point Pleasant Canal Bulkhead Repairs
2/12/2013 3:15:49 PM
Moveable coffer dams, temporary watertight enclosures, are positioned against the Point Pleasant Canal bulkhead, and contractors pump the area dry to expose the length of the steel bulkhead and make repairs possible.

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Point Pleasant Canal Bulkhead Repairs
2/12/2013 3:14:58 PM
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District and its contractor Abhe & Svoboda Inc. use a barge as a staging area during repair work of the Point Pleasant Canal bulkhead.

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Point Pleasant Canal Bulkhead Repairs
2/12/2013 3:13:47 PM
Contractors from Abhe & Svoboda Inc. approach a barge along the Point Pleasant Canal bulkhead during a repair project. On both sides of the canal, the steel sheet-pile bulkhead protects development. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District is working to repair the bulkhead with innovative techniques rather than replace it.

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Point Pleasant Canal Bulkhead Repairs
2/12/2013 3:12:06 PM
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