Arthur's Restaurant on Ten Mile Lake - Page 1

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These photos were submitted by Tom Cox in the fall of 2014

Construction Began at 7:00am on September 23, 2014

9/24/2014: "Excavation for the foundation of the new Arthur's began at about 7:00 AM yesterday morning. Carl Peterson is the one in the black T-shirt. His wife, Sherri, is the tall woman with the pony-tail. Carl Schrupp, brother of Raymond Schrupp, drove the back hoe. That's me posing for fun in the cab of the back hoe. The work began with the skinning of the topsoil, the extraction of the footings of the old restaurant, then the excavation-proper. Beginning to dig at about 7:30, by 7:00 in the evening the hole was complete, and the rebar for the reinforcement of the footings was positioned. Formation of the forms for the footings begins today; pouring will occur probably on Friday. Great weather here for work.

Early morning: permit card posted.

About 7:00am - equipment arrives on site.

Carl Shrupp about to skin the first bucket of topsoil.

Early morning: the top soil skinned and stored; old footings in foreground.

Sherri Peterson with the laser rod.

Tom posing for the ages.

General Contractor Carl Peterson checks the depth.

Mid-day - dramatic scene.

Hole finished, rebar in place

September 25

Carl Peterson, his brother Jerry, Jerry's son Caleb, and the crew completed the forms for the footings, and at about 3:00 PM the concrete trucks began to arrive. Across the highway, huge trucks streamed onto the septic drainfield site all day to dump load after load of washed sand, which Rick Smith of Northland Septic moved into position for the four new mounds that are being built there as part of the renovated and upgraded septic system.