Repair and Rehabilitation of Historic Sidewalk Vault Lights at 552-554 Broadway, New York City (2002)

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  Historic sidewalk vault lighting
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  552-554 Broadway, built in 1897
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  Sidewalk with historic sidewalk vault lighting
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  Damage
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  Detailed view of the damage
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  Removing corrosion
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  Repairing cracked panels
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  Painting the repaired panels
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  Placing a ring of silicone
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  Waterproof epoxy sealer is applied around glass light pieces
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  Removing excess material; smoothing the joint between lens and cast-iron
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  Lifting each panel from the truck and stacking on the sidewalk
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  The panel is set onto T-beams
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  The panels before bolting them to the frames
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  The result after complete work is done