Putting It In Its Place

Putting It In Its Place

The refurbished marquee in action!

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Gettin' It Together

Gettin' It Together

Getting ready to muscle the new light panel onto the marquee (the bulk of the light strings made this particularly difficult).

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Taking It Off, One Layer At a Time

Taking It Off, One Layer At a Time

The inside of the original light panel. The pots and cords are braced in position by narrow strips...

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Closeup, Mr deMille?

Closeup, Mr deMille?

A close look at the smoke and dust damage to...well, everything.

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Damage

Damage

Cracks through the plywood and lumber were too numerous to count.

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Repair Attempt

Repair Attempt

The attempt to repair the earlier damage to the original gingerbreading.

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Damage

Damage

The front of the repaired gingerbreading.

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Marquee, in situ

Marquee, in situ

In the lobby at 9 Princess Street, returned home for the first time in seven loooong years.

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It's aliiiiiiiiive!

It's aliiiiiiiiive!

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Control box, rewired

Control box, rewired

Recapping the internal connections after replacing rotted original ungrounded power cord with spiffy...

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Control box, in progress

Control box, in progress

Testing the connections before taping the caps and resealing the box.

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Before and After

Before and After

The side handles, before and after being heavily attacked with the wire wheels on the power drill.

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Before and After

Before and After

On top: the original marquee's sign, suffering from smoke and water damage, and many years of dusty...

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Bulk assembly completed

Bulk assembly completed

The majority of the gruntwork is done, the lighting panel works, but the control box is as...

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Gingerbreading

Gingerbreading

Replacing the rotted and repaired original gingerbreading that fell apart in my hands during disassembly.

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Helpful

Helpful

Uh-oh... someone's not supposed to be outside :)

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Anchoring the Pots

Anchoring the Pots

In an effort to reduce some of the bulk of the lighting panel (which was already a mess of wires), I...

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"Our Workshops Have Restored It..."

"Our Workshops Have Restored It..."

"...and fitted up parts of it with wiring for the new electric light, so that we may get a hint...

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