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- Above:
Three spokes complete with plate washers on the river side. The wheel will now
- be built up going from left to right until the rims meet at the top.
- Above:
One of the forty shrouds weighing one and a half hundred weight ( 170 IBS )
- is lowered into the wheel pit where it will be fitted onto the end of the spoke.
- Above:
The wheel is now starting to curve up. TT race enthusiasts Ted Trett and
- Roy Watkinson had been following progress on the web
- site but decided that they would like to get involved. The Lads, both engineers from
- England gave up several days over the TT fortnight to assist in the construction.
- The project team are very grateful for their assistance.
- Above:
With the wheel now starting to develop weight it was necessary to secure the bottom
- with steel ropes anchored at four points. Mike Dobson attaches the turn buckle.
- Special thanks to lift engineers J.C. Farghers for supplying the steel cable.
- Above:
Another shroud is place on the edge of the pit in readiness for hoisting into position.
- Above:
The shroud is bolted into position bringing the wheel up to the lower ground level.
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