Rock retaining wall

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Richard

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Here again, is a refresher of the Great Wall of Greenback
This was near end of laying all the rocks
 

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Same general perspective as wall is now complete
 

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side shot
 
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Oops, messed up.

THis is shot from side obviously in the unfinished stage
 

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Side view as finished
 

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Very nice, Richard. Now, would you consider coming to Texas and doing a "little" job for me?/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

JimI
 
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It might take me a while to drive there in Brutus!!
Ever notice how LONG the traffic lines are behind a backhoe on the street? Do you all have road rage drivers there?
 
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Richard,
I can only guess how much work that wall was. Just think though, a 100 years from now, someone will be sitting out there saying, those old guys sure did nice work./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

MarkV
 
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"those old guys sure did nice work"

Edit to say "Those CRAZY folks..."

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And a thousand years from now, they'll be excavating that site and determine that <font color=blue> "it must have had some political or religious significance to the indigenous aboriginies of the time". </font color=blue> /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

SHF
 

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