River Discovery Center Construction Photo Archive
Gallery 6- August 17th, 2002

They moved the William M. Black. (See images of that event, Click Here!) to make way for construction of the educational wetlands. You can see photos below of special backhoes digging REALLY deep to dredge out portions of the harbor. Meanwhile, structural work continues on the museum. Crews erect massive wooden beam trusses that will serve as the support system of the Museum. Some of the aquariums have been prematurely filled with water ti check for leaks before their preparation moves onto the next step. Finally, intense remodeling, right down to the bare bones, is being undertaken on the old rail house on the west side of the museum. This structure too will eventually be refurbished into a vital component of the America's River Complex.

Dubuque365.com will soon condense our photo archive intoa "best of" to make room for the next and most exciting phase of the project, the interior and the exhibits construction.

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