Using old-fashioned block and tackle, plus their own strength, volunteers raised the cedar arbor at the Bird Homestead last weekend.
Using old-fashioned block and tackle, plus their own strength, volunteers raised the cedar arbor at the Bird Homestead last weekend.
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Andy Weingartner, Jack, Aidan, Shepherd, and Aaron Griffiths, pictured left to right, pulled hard to raise the partially collapsed grape arbor at the historic Bird Homestead. Weingartner, who worked on a schooner in his youth, led the effort.
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The rustic cedar arbor at the Bird Homestead now stands upright after many years of leaning sharply.
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Photos by Alison Beall and Margot Burgheimer
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