Drill Bits and Dynamite...Part Twelve

Aerial photos of the Sea to Sky project thru-cut on Segment Two. Not sure on the spelling.."Dudeson's Corner" or "Duteson's Corner"...maybe something else all together...I didn't work on this section and never saw the name spelled out...I just heard it mentioned in meetings and conversations.
The job was a large thru -cut to straighten out a section of the Squamish highway that originally went around the huge rock outcropping. The blasters struggled at times with large slabs of rock tumbling to the highway and rails below...and destroying both at times. The railroad owners didn't think that this was very funny, and shut down blasting operations several times....telling ( not asking ) the contractor to come up with a new plan that didn't involve the destruction of their property.
The helicopter work was done mostly by Robin MacGregor of Goldwing Helicopters, or Garret from the Sechelt base of Blackcomb Helicopters. The blasting superintendent was Jim McBride of Kiewit. All of the photos are mine, unless noted otherwise.

Jim McBride at Sea to Sky Seg 2....with the first Ranger 800 on the site

Thru-cut corner on Segment Two....looking north

The original Squamish highway went around....railroad tracks below that...and Howe Sound comes next on the way down

Traxxon built Hoe-drill at work

 

Same corner...looking south

Two Tamrock drills working. Wire mesh is hanging and ready to be lowered and stitched together.

Portable rock crusher set-up at north end of the cut

photo by Joe Tompai...joetompai.com

photo by Joe Tompai.....joetompai.com

Photo by Joe Tompai....joetompai.com