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Demolition of the Pool Walls

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We find a Surprise Buried in the walls #buriedtreasure

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What happens here

The demolition process begins with a yellow Kobelco excavator. The operator, Tim, uses the excavator's bucket with a static thumb attachment to systematically break down the concrete walls of the old swimming pool. He carefully works to move the large concrete pieces, first breaking them away from the remaining structure (the adjacent building) and then consolidating them into a pile within the empty pool basin. This involves precise movements to avoid damaging the nearby building. During this process, a blue 'Bromo-Seltzer' bottle, dating back to 1907-1911, is discovered among the debris. The narrator explains that bromides, once used in such products, were later withdrawn due to toxicity, making this a poisonous historical artifact.

Goal: Break down and consolidate the concrete walls of the swimming pool.

Tools and materials

  • Hard Hat — Head protection during demolition
  • Hearing Protection — Protecting ears from loud machinery noise
  • Kobelco Excavator Kobelco — Breaking and moving large concrete pieces
  • Safety Glasses — Eye protection from flying debris
  • Static Thumb Attachment Carlson — Gripping and manipulating concrete debris
  • Bromo-Seltzer Bottle Emerson Drug Co — Discovered during excavation, a historical artifact

What they say

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let's remove some swimming pool [Music] foreign Timmy decided he couldn't help but want to play to have fun running running equipment is a little like therapy though you're having a bad day go hop in a piece of equipment and play [Music] foreign see if you can peel this away from the house without wrecking the house I don't think so let's see if you can do it uh just see if it just see if you can do it [Music] I like to give them a challenge oh now he's gotta cheat that's cheating cheater yeah the whole thing's sitting on there huh no give it a shot yeah but if you do it gentle enough you could probably get her to rest because it's got footings back here I wonder if we should take this I'll just take the subgrade right now and then we can work our way let's leave this till you have the demo of the house you can't do it can you well if I do it I think it's just gonna collapse and want to fall in then we got a broken window mess and okay you know I mean yeah people making that side of things because it's sitting on there once you take that wall because these footings that go back I don't think it's sitting on it it's tied in with it that one is yeah maybe the poster in the back I don't know all right Emerson Drug Company shelter bromocellitzer Emerson Drug Company when we started to pull uh hydraulic thumbs were few and far between and a luxury

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