Volume 119 No. 37 © WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2014 50 cents Historic steel bridge relocated from Stark to Berlin’s Dead River BY EDITH TUCKER plained. “Once the unit tion. Then some wooden
[email protected] was adjusted, you could blocks were put on top, BERLIN — The White keep the nozzle moving and when the bridge Mountain Ridge Run- at a slow but steady pace, was lowered there was ners (WMRR) Snow- peeling off a three-inch a clearance of about 30 mobile Club spent four wide swath of paint and inches, allowing the days this spring restor- rust. sand-blasting to proceed ing the historic Paris “Every couple of and to be finished up at Road truss bridge. The hours, the clear plastic noon on the third day of steel bridge was used for window in front of the work. many years in Stark, and sand-blast hood would After lunch that day, Harley Mason bought it get too dull to see out of club treasurer George was replaced. The Snow- so the old window would Falardeau arrived with mobile Club bought it be taken out and a new a brand-new airless from him in 2013 for use one slid in,” he contin- paint sprayer, capable of as a replacement for the ued. spraying a gallon of paint no-longer useable bridge Heat built up in both in only minutes. located behind the Notre the Tyvek suit and hood, “He said my idea that Dame Arena. and the plastic hood we could hand-paint the “Of course, no one fogged up.