I learned a piece of historical trivia I want to share. This tabernacle you are seeing now was not the first tabernacle in Provo. In this spot, just north of the center of everyone's attention, was an earlier tabernacle. It was built in 1856 and for some time these two tabernacles co-existed. |
The earlier tabernacle was often called the old meetinghouse. It was torn down in 1919. What was interesting for me to learn was that this original tabernacle had an enclosed bell tower. |
The bell from the original tabernacle is now used as BYU's victory bell and hangs at the southwest corner of the Marriott Center. |
The remains of the foundation walls from the old Roberts Hotel are now gone. Nicholsen Engineering pounded in I-beams today, shaking my fillings as I took pictures. They will likely complete this last portion of the barrier wall this week. Notice the white pipe along the left of this photo, above the barrier wall. This is part of a drainage system which is currently moving the water table from the site to the city's storm system. |
Mr. Track Hoe worked at the south end. He still has a lot of work to do in removing the dirt so construction of the underground parking lot can begin. |
Mr. Crane worked hard today, too. He was busy moving a lot of rebar and equipment to the east side. |
This 3:30 pm photo from the construction cam shows that the elevator area at the base of the northeast tower, the west side of the north foundation wall, and the west end of the south porch are also being covered with this membrane. You can see more of the temporary white drainage pipes along the top of the east barrier wall, and along the wall which backs up against the post office parking lot on the right side of this photo. This membrane, plus the cutoff walls which were trenched in January, will keep the new temple dry. This cam photo also shows a slab in the west lot, on the lower right side of this photo, which was poured this morning. |
The north foundation wall is getting some interesting work. This will be an entrance from the annex into the first basement level of the temple. |
That green drainage pipe, unseen in this picture, extends along the east wall of this new slab and likely facilitates drainage from the slump in the slab. |
This south view of the basement shows the first level, or lift, of the foundation wall on this side. The discoloration on the upper forms is evidence that they are being reused. |
This picture is the only glimpse I could get of the interior of the basement. The opening between the forms will be the entrance to the temple from the underground garage. |
The rebar and forms along the western half of the south face will be part of a long set of exterior stairs from the very lowest level of the basement to the first basement level. |
5 comments:
Hi Julie,
I saw that they were dumping cement (in what it seem like no orderly fashion) around the north-side elevator shaft. Any ideas what they are doing? Now there looks like a big pool of drying cement just sitting there...
I watched that pour, too. They started very early and might have poured on the foundation, also. I can't get to the site today, but for sure tomorrow I'll be there to get some pictures.
They are at it again. So strange. They just put the cement down and let it slowly overflow the area. Seems so "non-scientific" to me.
I just got home from the site and have some answers. There is a method to this madness. Give me a couple hours to get a post up. I'm trying to eat lunch and sort pictures at the same time.
Sounds great!
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