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Capt_Nemo Son of A Beach Offline Posts: 5841	Water Flume being taken down Mar 15^th, 2009, 4:15pm Taking a walk along surf, the sounds of power equipment again was being heard in Coney, but could this be another ride operator getting ready for summer? Sadly. no, it was Sitt workers taking down the tracks (or whatever you want to call them) of the flume. Photos to follow Bruce
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Capt_Nemo Son of A Beach Offline Posts: 5841	Re: Water Flume being taken down Reply #1 - Mar 15^th, 2009, 4:27pm I checked out the DOB website, and no fillings for demo work was done, but his application for a temp tent on the Sittland East has been turned down http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/JobsQueryByNumberServlet?requestid=2&passjobnu... Bruce
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Capt_Nemo Son of A Beach Offline Posts: 5841	Re: Water Flume being taken down Reply #2 - Mar 15^th, 2009, 4:46pm Bruce
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ConeyIslandLover CI Tourist Offline I Love Coney Island Posts: 16 Coney Island Gender:	Re: Water Flume being taken down Reply #3 - Mar 15^th, 2009, 5:14pm I'm not 100 % sure but i heard something about how they are making water boats out of the water flume.
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kris martin Thrill Seeker Offline R.I.P. Astroland Posts: 92 indianapolis , IN Gender:	Re: Water Flume being taken down Reply #4 - Mar 15^th, 2009, 6:53pm thank k u Capt_Nemo for pic keep update if some more pic wat is going on if the astrotower
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ConeyLover Sand in my Shoes Offline I Love Coney Island! Posts: 478 Gender:	Re: Water Flume being taken down Reply #5 - Mar 15^th, 2009, 8:42pm I wouldn't be surprised if the Astrotower is the next thing that they dismantle. They have no need to keep that either!!!
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BoardwalkHystericalSociety Aspiring Carny Offline Save America's Pleasure Piers and Boardwalks!!!!!! Posts: 187 Gender:	Re: Water Flume being taken down Reply #6 - Mar 15^th, 2009, 9:16pm Coneylover,it is very hard to take down an observation tower when you have rides and landmarks around it. Anyways, I hope it will stay in Coney as it was my sister's favorite ride.
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Reply #7 - Mar 15^th, 2009, 9:32pm

You cant take down the tower (The Astortower was owned and operated by Carol Albert and family) with the use of saws and crow bars, you need a tall construction crane, which even if Sitt doesnt bother with the proper permits, the crane operator will insist on the proper permits, as there has been a rash of construction crane accidents and doesnt want to loose his permit.

Bruce

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Capt_Nemo Son of A Beach Offline Posts: 5841	Re: Water Flume being taken down Reply #8 - Mar 21^st, 2009, 1:11pm Not much progress made. unless they are working their way behind the flume Bruce
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Pablo57 Son of A Beach Offline 11224 Posts: 657	Re: Water Flume being taken down Reply #9 - Mar 21^st, 2009, 2:29pm During the week I viewed the water flume from the Q train, doesn't look like they accomplished much. From the looks of the hangers in your photos and when I walked by there, looks like a lot of bolts need to be taken out to release the water bed. Lots of manual labor to unscrew all those bolts.
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ConeyLover Sand in my Shoes Offline I Love Coney Island! Posts: 478 Gender:	Re: Water Flume being taken down Reply #10 - Mar 21^st, 2009, 9:29pm Maybe they stopped dismantling it because since the Circus deal didn't go through they don't have anyone else going there and there is no need to take it down .
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Elephant Man Ex Member	Re: Water Flume being taken down Reply #11 - Mar 22^nd, 2009, 12:31am Sickening.
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ConeyLover Sand in my Shoes Offline I Love Coney Island! Posts: 478 Gender:	Re: Water Flume being taken down Reply #12 - Mar 27^th, 2009, 10:00pm There were men in the Astroland lot today continueing to take down the Water Flume.
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Pablo57 Son of A Beach Offline 11224 Posts: 657	Re: Water Flume being taken down Reply #13 - Mar 29^th, 2009, 12:06pm Sunday , March 29, 2009 - They are dismantling the water flume, using acetylene cutters instead of manually unscrewing the nuts and bolts. Those bolts must be rusted tight. They have completed the bottom front run, but still is very time consuming.
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Capt_Nemo Son of A Beach Offline Posts: 5841	Re: Water Flume being taken down Reply #14 - Mar 29^th, 2009, 9:45pm Bruce
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