Cathedral of St. John the Baptist Restoration :: Charleston, South Carolina » lightning prevention http://www.stjohnthebaptistcathedralrestoration.com Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:04:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Adding the Copper Spire to the Archway http://www.stjohnthebaptistcathedralrestoration.com/general/887/adding-the-copper-spire-to-the-archway/ http://www.stjohnthebaptistcathedralrestoration.com/general/887/adding-the-copper-spire-to-the-archway/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:51:25 +0000 Copper Exclusive http://www.stjohnthebaptistcathedralrestoration.com/?p=887 We had some fun today!  As you can see, we added the copper spire to the archway.

We temporarily lifted the tower so the specialists could attach the lights.  Yes!  The tower will be lit!  And Jesse Rhodes from Hightower Construction (pictured on the left) added a makeshift cross (about the height of the real cross) made out of 2 x 4s just so we could better visualize the end result.  Ok…and because it was fun!

Wondering about the stainless steel poles extending from the top of the arch bows?  That’s where the finials go.  Though they are all finished, we won’t add them until the last minute.

While the workers were up there installing the lights, they set up a lightning prevention system as well.

The spire comes back down, maybe not tomorrow as it is scheduled to rain all day again, but soon.  We still have some details to finish on the top of the archway and can’t do that with the spire up there.  But there’s not much more to do as far as that is concerned.  In the meantime, we’ll be working on the cross.  See you next entry!

(Disclaimer…Remember Copper Exclusive did NOT make the spire.  We want to give credit where credit is due.)

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