Clifton Rocks Railway Restoration

October 2014

Weekly progress diary from beginning of March 2005
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First you buy some obelisk finials
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Then you buy some steel
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Then you get the zig zag detail cast by local founder Michael Brett (Bristol Foundry)
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Weld it, paint it, and use a handy GWR sack truck to wheel it round to the Railway
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Massive improvement from the rotten wooden board tied on with rope
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Did not take much effort to remove the board!
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Mike and Alan took turns to use a big drill
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They then lifted it into position, used post cement and welded it to the tags of the existing railings
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Job done, with happy faces
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Another view, matches the existing railings well
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Pity to cover it up with the Hotel sign!