This photograph was taken during the placing of the concrete for the arch between the sanctuary and the nave. Again, a crane and concrete bucket, rather than a concrete pump, are used to bring the concrete to the point of placement. At the left side of the photograph, the then current church and present parish hall. The Rectory, located in the middle of the photograph, can be seen as well.
Taken during the same concrete pour as in photograph above, this picture shows the status of the south and east walls. The tower formwork has risen to the next to last lift while the south wall is being formed to the plate line of the roof trusses. The southeast entrance to the narthex (vestibule) and the adjacent confessionals can also be seen. At the east wall, the block out for the rose window and the niche for the St. Timothy statue can be seen. The waste form for the lower half of the rose window is already in place. The sign above the Robert B. Hedberg construction shack lists Sunday Masses during the construction period: 7:30 A.M., 9:00 A.M., 10:30 A.M., and 12:00 P.M., the same as the current schedule of Masses.
This photograph shows the rose window waste form in place and the scaffolding for placing this important pour of concrete. Falsework supporting the arch at the ceremonial entrance into the church can be seen as well as the niches for the statues believed to be St. Helena and St. Joseph. Above the rose window will be constructed the niche for the St. Timothy statue
The exterior statue of St. Timothy was lifted into place above the rose window on the east wall. This statue was attached to its base and the niche into which it was to be set. The top scalloped piece of the niche appears to have been set as a separate piece. It will be extremely difficult to remove the statue from the niche because the niche was cast into the surrounding wall as can be seen from the two steel dowels protruding from each side of the niche.
St. Timothy is set in place above the rose window. The worker is adjusting the metal staff of St. Timothy's crosier. The attachment of the niche into the surrounding wall through the dowels can be seen. Just behind St. Timothy's head can be seen the lifting hook for the crane that lifted the statue into place.
The completed concrete ribs of the rose window, St. Timothy, and the cross at the gable end of east wall are seen in the photograph. The recesses for the two statues and the precast concrete ornamentation above the ceremonial entrance into the church can also been seen. The statues themselves as well as the four precast concrete decorative columns have not yet been set.
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