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VICTORY JUNCTION GANG WATERFALL PROJECT
OCTOBER, 2007
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VICTORY FALLS AT VICTORY JUNCTION GANG CAMP
  • 300+ TONS OF STONE
  • 120’ STREAM
  • 40’+ ELEVATION CHANGE
  • 1 LARGE TRACK HOE
  • 1 SMALL TRACK HOE
  • 3 TORO DINGOS
  • 1 SKID STEER
  • 40 WORKERS (CERTIFIED AQUASCAPE CONTRACTORS FROM ALL OVER THE EAST COAST, STI STAFF, AQUASCAPE STAFF
  • 2 LARGE SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS (APPROXIMATELY 50,000 GALLONS PER HOUR FLOW)
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THE BEGINNING – THIS IS WHERE THE FALLS WILL TERMINATE INTO THE LAKE.
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TORO DINGOS HARD AT WORK. THIS IS THE FIRST “SHELF” BEING BUILT AT THE FALLS LOWEST POINT.
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FIRST SHELVES NEARLY COMPLETE. THE FALLS WILL ORIGINATE AT THE TOP OF THE HILL NEAR THE PIECE OF PIPE.
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FIRST LARGE STONE BEING PLACED ON THE LINER. THIS ONE PROBABLY WEIGHS 5 TONS.
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THE PICTURE IS STARTING TO COME TOGETHER.
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“THE KING” VISITS FELICIA ON THE PROJECT.
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ANOTHER STONE BEING PLACED. THE STRAPS ARE CAPABLE OF HOLDING UP TO 17,000 LBS.!
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WET WELL FOR THE TWO LARGE PUMPS. THIS SITS ABOUT 50 YARDS TO THE LEFT OF THE FALLS AS SEEN FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE LAKE.
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LOTS OF WORKERS AND MACHINES MAKE THE WORK GO PRETTY FAST FOR SUCH A LARGE PROJECT.
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ROCKING IN THE WET WELL INTAKE AREA AND PIPING FROM THE PUMPS BEGINS.
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BOTH PUMPS PIPED AND ROCK COMPLETE ON WET WELLS.
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THIS IS THE UPPER POOL THAT THE SECOND PUMP WILL FEED. THIS WILL INCREASE THE FLOW SO THE BASE OF THE FALLS WILL HAVE LOTS OF WATER CRASHING OVER THE LARGE STONES.
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UPPER POOL BEING ROCKED IN. THE FALLS BEGIN WHERE THE PERSON IS STANDING AT THE TOP OF THE PHOTO.
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DAVID WEEKLY OF WATERSCAPES PRO IN CHARLOTTE OPERATED THE BIG TRACK HOE. HE IS WEARING HIS TORO HAT PROUDLY!
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STARTING TO COME TOGETHER. FIRST TWO SHELVES COMPLETE. YOU CAN SEE HOW THE WATER WILL FLOW OVER THESE FINAL AREAS.
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COULD NOT HAVE COMPLETED THIS PROJECT WITHOUT OUR TORO DINGOS.
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WORK ON THE UPPER FALLS CONTINUES…
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VIEW OF UPPER FALLS WORK FROM THE TOP LOOKING BACK AT THE LAKE.
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POWER PANELS FOR THE TWO PUMPS THAT WILL DELIVER OVER 800 GPM TO THE FALLS.
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UPPER FALLS WORK CONTINUES…
THE BALD-HEADED GUY IS ED BEAULIEU, VP OF CONSTRUCTION FOR AQUASCAPE AND A MASTER WATERFALL BUILDER.
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LARGE STONES BEING PLACED IN UPPER FALLS.
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STI STAFF HARD AT WORK (OR IS THIS A STAGED PHOTO…???)
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LINER BEING INSTALLED ON UPPER FALLS.
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PROGRESS IS REALLY NOTICEABLE NOW (LATE  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON)
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UPPER POOL (WHICH FEEDS THE LOWER FALLS WITH ˝ OF THE EVENTUAL FLOW) BEGINS TO FILL.
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FIRST FLOW FROM THE UPPER POOL. ED ADJUSTS A STONE.
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ONE PUMP ONLY, BUT IT LOOKS GREAT!
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STILL ONE PUMP ONLY AS THE UPPER FALLS IS NOT YET COMPLETE. “THE KING” SITS ON THE RIGHT NEXT TO STEVE, JOHN, AND ED.
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STEVE AND “THE KING”.
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THE STI STAFF HARD AT WORK AGAIN.
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STEVE WORKING HARD ON THE UPPER FALLS. CLARK IS ATTEMPTING TO ADVANCE HIS CAREER.
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STILL ONLY ONE PUMP RUNNING. TOOK THIS BECAUSE RICHARD HAD TO LEAVE FOR THE RACE IN TEXAS THIS WEEKEND.
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POOL AT THE TOP OF THE FALLS BEGINS TO FILL FROM SECOND PUMP.
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FIRST FLOW IN THE UPPER FALLS FROM THE SECOND PUMP.
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WATER FLOWS THROUGH A HOLLOW LOG – ONE OF MANY FINE DETAILS ON THE PROJECT.
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UPPER FALLS CLOSEUP.
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LONGER STRETCH OF THE UPPER FALLS.
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ED BEAULIEU AND CHRIS WILSON – MASTER POND BUILDERS WITH AQUASCAPE – CLOWNING AROUND, ER… ADMIRING THEIR WORK… AT THE END OF THE PROJECT.
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JOHN SHARP AND “THE KING”. THE PROJECT WOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR JOHN’S PERSISTENCE. EVERYONE AT VJG CAMP IS HUMBLED BY THE EFFORT, THE DONATIONS, AND THE FINAL RESULT. WAY TO GO, JOHN SHARP!
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FINAL RESULT!
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FINAL NOTE: THE CERTIFIED AQUASCAPE CONTRACTORS WHO BUILT THIS FANTASTIC PROJECT PAID TO PARTICIPATE AND THEN PROCEEDED TO DONATE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS MORE TO VICTORY JUNCTION GANG CAMP.