Some " Free Town Restoration Project" photographs 8/16/13

creskol

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This is a photograph of an old house I bought last month. It was built in 1875, and will be under restoration for a while. A chimney on the site dates back to the 1820's. The photo below shows what it looked like when I bought it.
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The two photographs below show what it looks like right now:
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There is a LOT of grading that needs to be done around the house, but we started where we discovered an old sidewalk leading to the old chimney. Unfortunately, the sidewalk has to go, so we are hand digging and screening every bit of it as we go. Here is a photo of the screen set-up we are using:
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Here is the mound of screened dirt we have moved so far:
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We are dumping all the discarded rubble into a plastic tubs .. so far we have filled ten of these tubs with broken bottles , tin can pieces, and the other junk left on the screen after sifting.
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Below are some random shots of some of the relics we have found and saved to date:
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Thanks Wildman! :thumbsup:
 

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Been there and just finished ours, looking good and best of luck of the restoration project.
 

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Been there and just finished ours, looking good and best of luck of the restoration project.

Thanks pepperj .. it's going to be a long haul on this one, but the challenges are always entertaining!
 

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