Masonry Magazine March 1979 Page. 27
The chief problem was that if any brick were removed the whole arch would cave in and cause the arches on either side to collapse as well. The arches must remain intact. Screw jacks were placed horizontally between the scaffolding and wood blocking placed across the face of the arches. A slight amount of horizontal pressure was then applied to the arches while a long thin bar was used to chip out all the loose, crumbly mortar behind the brick. As the mortar was cleaned out, the pressure from the jacks was increased.
Eventually the entire arch was pushed back to its original position and a header course was placed along the top to tie the veneer to the rest of the wall. The 2-foot-thick parapet was then built up from the roof level. Using
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Scaffolding was erected in the spring of 1977 for restoration of the unique tower of the new home of the Pine Street Inn. The tower's design reflected the building tastes of more than a century ago.
photographs of the original parapet, the masons were able to rebuild the top to its original shape.
A stone coping covered the original parapet. Pieces of stone appeared at the front of the piers at the same level and gave the appearance of a band around the tower. Two of the larger stones were broken and several of the smaller ones were missing. Instead of trying to match the missing stones, a cast-in-place coping was used and the outside edges were formed to match the original shape of the stones. This concrete coping not only provided a waterproof cap for the parapet but also provided additional reinforcing for the top of the tower. The masons rebuilt the piers to their original size and shape on top of this new concrete coping.
Each corner of the tower was rebuilt by one mason, and it was interesting to note that each man became very possessive of "his" corner. They took great pride in their work please turn page
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