Over the weekend a crew raised the new roof for our historical blockhouse, originally built on the banks of the Kuskokwim River in 1841.
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- In 1841 the Russian-American Company built the Kolmakovsky Redoubt (fort) on the midd…
- The restored 1841 Kolmakovsky Blockhouse sits in the background, waiting for the new …
- The Blockhouse and the Roof
- Roof in Field of Flowers
- Builder Sandy Jamieson attaches the straps that will be used to raise the roof of the…
- Sandy and his crew get ready for the arrival of the crane.
- Some of the wooden pegs Sandy used to affix the tamarack logs to the roof.
- Layers of insulation material, moss and tamarack logs make up the roof.
- Ethnology collection manager Angela Linn talks to builder Sandy Jamieson about the pr…
- Some of the moss Sandy collected to use as insulation on the roof.
- The Crane Arrives
- Walking the path the crane must take.
- Sandy adjusts the crane so it can snare a roof.
- Climbing the Roof
- Putting the Straps in Place
- They’ll Need a Crane
- Directing Traffic
- This Way
- Using ropes and hand signals, the crew raises the roof so it will be in position to l…
- Luckily, it was a beautiful day for a roof raising.
- Now the roof needs to be positioned exactly, so it will fit neatly on the building.
- The Finishing Touches
- The first tourist gets a closer look at the historical blockhouse.
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