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			<title>DSC's Spring 2008 Introductory Workshops</title>
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			<title>Current DSC Project, Hillsboro Road Stone Wall Reconstruction - Franklin, TN. March-June 2008.</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 11:54:25 -0400</pubDate>
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			<description>This reconstruction project involves rebuilding more than 1,000 linear feet of historic stone wall that was destroyed a few years ago when the roadway was widened. The original stone was salvaged by local preservation-minded people and stored at a county facility while funding was secured for it to be rebuilt. All the historic stone is being used in the new wall . . . along with some new stone for structural improvements (foundations, ties and covers) that were missing from the original wall design. Williamson County is the project sponsor, with 80% of the funding provided by the Tennessee Department of Transportation.</description>
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			<title>DSC's Spring 2008 Volunteer Work Days</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 15:45:46 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Current DSC Spring 2008 Workshops and Volunteer Work Days. April-June 2008.</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 15:19:05 -0400</pubDate>
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			<description>This album includes a few photos from each of the Conservancy's 2008 workshops and volunteer work days. Hands-on training is a popular choice for drystone enthusiasts. Four workshops and three volunteer work days have been/will be offered this spring in Kentucky as well as another in Tennessee. Workshops give participants an opportunity to learn how to build drystone walls while raising awareness of historic fences, the craft and correct restoration techniques. Wolunteer work days give previous workshop participants an opportunity to continue under the tutelage of Conservancy-trained instructors while donating their time restoring important historic fences in Central Kentucky.</description>
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			<title>Recent DSC/NPS - Roebling Aqueduct Retaining Wall, Phase 2. April/May 2008.</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 17:58:38 -0400</pubDate>
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			<description>For a full description of the Conserancy's partnership with the National Park Service at the Roebling Aqueduct site, read the November 2007 photo album below. Phase 2 involved two weeks of final site work to remove the temporary soil bench at the base of the wall and to rebuild two drainage culverts to match the historic stonework. In early April the Conservancy was presented with a Special Recognition Award from the Upper Delaware Council of New York and Pennsylvania for “masonry restoration craftwork at the NPS Upper Delaware Scenic &amp; Recreational River Corwin Barn and Roebling Delaware Aqueduct properties”. The award was accompanied by a State of New York State Legislative Resolution. For the full text of the award presentation, go to our forum &quot;Conservancy News&quot; site.</description>
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			<title>Recent DSC project, Jail Alley Wall - Fredericksburg, VA. January 2008.</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:26:31 -0500</pubDate>
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			<description>This project with the City of Fredericksburg involves rehabilitation of two relatively simple retaining walls. The first wall is approximately 20 feet long by 10 feet tall; the second is 15 feet long by 4 feet tall.  Although the wall reconstruction is straightforward, this project is greatly complicated by limited site access, overhead utilities, unknown conditions behind the wall, and the need to coordinate with court schedules and another contractor on site. It's a great example of why a site visit is required before submitting a quote! </description>
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			<title>Recent DSC/NPS project, Roebling Aqueduct Retaining Wall - Minisink Ford, New York. Nov 2007.</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:25:18 -0500</pubDate>
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			<description>This is the second training/restoration task order in the Conservancy's five-year cooperative agreement with the Northeast Regional Office of the National Park Service. The partnership includes training on preservation standards, philosophy and maintenance practices as well as practical drystone masonry skills development. 

A primary focus will be to reconstruct a 30-foot high historic drystone retaining wall adjacent to the Delaware Aqueduct that was destroyed during the catestrophic 2005 Delaware River floods. The reconstructed wall will be approximately 50 feet long and built with massive stone slabs that require machinery for lifting into place. 

The Delaware Aqueduct is reputedly the oldest suspension bridge in the USA, and is included on the Historic American Engineering Record. Built in the mid-1840's and designed by the now-famous bridge engineer John A. Roebling, the Aqueduct originally carried the Delaware &amp; Hudson Canal over the unpredictable waters of the Delaware River. In 1898 it was converted into a highway toll bridge, a function it continues to serve today.  

This important engineering structure is managed by the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, a unit of the National Park Service.  

More photos will be posted in Spring 2008 when the final site work is completed. (12/12/07)</description>
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			<title>Dry Stone Conservancy's 2007 Introductory Workshops</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:43:53 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Recent DSC, Settlement-Period Cave / Spring Retaining Wall Reconstruction - Perryville, KY. Oct 2007.</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:39:05 -0500</pubDate>
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			<description>DSC-certified drystone masons recently completed another Conservancy-led project in Kentucky to reconstruct the historic retaining walls that originally surrounded this important settlement-period cave/spring site in Perryville, Kentucky.  The Perryville Battlefield Preservation Association partnered with the Conservancy to reconstruct the walls, which had been inadvertently demolished earlier in the year. Thankfully, the original stone was still on site and historic photographs were available to guide the reconstruction work.  An introductory workshop for local residents was also offered at the cave site, and several volunteers from the community were able to participate in the restoration efforts.  
More photos of the project will be posted in early 2008! Please visit again. (12/12/07)</description>
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			<title>Recent DSC/NPS, Corwin Barn Foundation Wall Repairs, Phase II - Barryville, New York. April 2007.</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:00:43 -0500</pubDate>
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			<description>The historic Corwin Barn, a cultural resource managed by the NPS Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, sustained significant damage during three recent floods. This phase completed the foundation wall repairs to the adjacent shed, including carefully dismantling and rebuilding the walls while preserving character-defining features of the historic workmanship. </description>
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			<title>Recent DSC, Stan Hywet Hall &amp; Gardens Retaining Wall Restoration - Akron, Ohio. July/August 2007.</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:15:12 -0500</pubDate>
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			<description>The Conservancy’s national partnerships this year included restoration of several hundred feet of historic drystone retaining walls along a carriage path at Stan Hywet Hall &amp; Gardens in Akron, Ohio.  Translated as &quot;stone quarry&quot;, the Stan Hywet estate was built in an early 1900’s; the grounds were designed by landscape architect Warren Manning. The estate is Akron’s only National Historic Landmark and one of the Save America’s Treasures projects. </description>
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			<title>Recent DSC/NPS Training, Upper Delaware SRR @ Roebling Aqueduct - Minisink Ford, NY. Oct/Nov 2007.  </title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:14:12 -0500</pubDate>
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			<description>A vital aspect of the Conservancy's restoration partnership with the National Park Service is to provide NPS staff with hands-on training in drystone masonry construction. NPS staff from as far away as Hawaii and Yosemite joined local staff from Delaware, Pennsylvania and New York for a week-long training course at the Upper Delaware Scenic &amp; Recreational River. The first day focused on preservation and mainenence philosophy, followed by the fundamental techniques involved in drystone retaining wall construction.  A low retaining wall adjacent to the bridge site was the initial site for the introductory skills training. After the first two-days, participants rotated onto the &quot;big wall&quot; site for continued instruction with the reconstruction team.</description>
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			<title>Recent DSC Workshops and Volunteer Work Days in KY, TN, OH, WI, MN and NY. Spring/Fall 2007. </title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:48:53 -0500</pubDate>
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			<description>This album includes a few photos from each of the Conservancy's 2007 workshops and volunteer work days. Hands-on training is a popular choice for drystone enthusiasts. Nine workshops and seven volunteer work days were offered in Kentucky this year as well as six others in Ohio, Tennessee, Minnesota, Wisconsin and New York. Workshops give participants an opportunity to learn how to build drystone walls while raising awareness of historic fences, the craft and correct restoration techniques. Wolunteer work days give previous workshop participants an opportunity to continue under the tutelage of Conservancy-trained instructors while donating their time restoring important historic fences in Central Kentucky. 
Thank you to all the participants, coordinators and instructors; our Kentucky site partners at Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill in Mercer County, John Jacob Niles Homestead in Clark County, University of Kentucky Animal Research Farm in Woodford County, the Perryville Cave/Spring site, and Holy Rosary Church in Washington County; and our national preservation partners at the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River in New York, Voyageurs National Park in Minnessota, Evansville City Park in Wisconsin, Aullwood Garden in Ohio and Rest Haven Cemetery in Franklin and Travellers Rest Plantation &amp; Museum in Nashville, Tennessee. 
Thanks especially to the 250 participants whose efforts are responsible for restoring more than 750 feet of historic fences and retaining walls this year! Take a look and see if you can find yourself! </description>
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			<title>Dry Stone Conservancy's 2007 Volunteer Work Days</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:43:52 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Recent DSC 4th Annual Walling Competition - Shaker Village, KY. Sept 2007.</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:17:06 -0500</pubDate>
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			<description>A beautiful fall day drew a fabulous turnout for the 4th Annual Walling Competition which was held at Shaker Village in Kentucky again this year. The competition is the only one in North America and showcases the skills of dry stone masons from all across the United States. A record number of masons (35) from eleven states traveled more than 25,000 miles to compete! By the end of the day more than 175 feet of fence had been restored. Thank you competitors, volunteers, and keystone event sponsors: Momentum Data Solutions, Tahoma Stud,  Trow and Holden, Brown-Forman, Cee-Jay Tools, Sellersburg Stone, Video Editing Services, Keith Foster and Beaumont Inn. </description>
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			<title>Recent DSC, Double Stone-Arch Culvert Repair - Jessamine Co, KY. March 2007.</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:00:07 -0500</pubDate>
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			<description>A DSC partnership with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and the University of Kentucky Transportation Research Center to repair a damaged stone arch culvert on a roadway leading to a historic milling complex. The culvert displays three periods of construction/alteration. The dry-laid abutments at the streambanks were originally built in the late 18thC or early 19thC, supporting a timber span bridge. After many washouts, the timber was replaced with a central pier and two stone-arch vaults sometime in the mid to late 1800's, effectively raising the roadbed above the more frequent floods. The barrels were lengthened in the early to mid 1900s to accommodate a wider roadway, however the stone used and construction methods were inferior.  The culvert was damaged two years ago when the driver of a &quot;Mac&quot; truck misjudged the curve, sending his trailer over the edge into the stream below.  The decision was made to repair the culvert by removing the inferior 20thC work, and replacing it with stonework to match the original stone-arch construction.   </description>
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			<title>Recent DSC/NYDOT Seminar, Stone Arch Bridge Assessments - Herkimer Co, NY. August 2007.</title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:30:12 -0500</pubDate>
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			<description>Description will be posted soon! Please visit again. (11/10/07)</description>
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			<title>Recent DSC/MaineDOT Consultation, Bailey Island Bridge. August 2007.</title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 20:38:35 -0500</pubDate>
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			<description>The Conservancy was invited by the Maine SHPO and Department of Transportation to provide technical guidance on stone masonry repairs for this major 3-year rehabilitation project that will go out to bid this winter.  Bailey Island Bridge was built in the early 1920's, using native granite &quot;cribstones&quot; and no mortar! It is the only known cribstone bridge in the entire world!</description>
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			<title>Dry Stone Conservancy, Selected Projects 1996-2003</title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 18:06:02 -0500</pubDate>
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			<description>Numerous great photographs of dry stone walling projects in the Bluegrass and across the U.S.</description>
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			<title>Dry Stone Conservancy, 1996-2001 Overview</title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 18:04:50 -0500</pubDate>
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			<description>A review of selected restoration/training projects undertaken including projects at Louisville Olmsted Parks in Kentucky, Chesapeake &amp; Ohio Canal at Harper's Ferry MD and Georgetown DC, Switzer Covered Bridge in Kentucky, Stan Hywet Hall &amp; Gardens in Ohio and others. </description>
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			<title>Dry Stone Conservancy, Additional 1996-2001 Projects &amp; Workshops</title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 18:04:50 -0500</pubDate>
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			<description>A gallery of selected Dry Stone Conservancy projects, partnerships, and training certification projects.</description>
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			<title>DSC Project - Historic Rocky Lane. Fredericksburg, VA. March/April 2006. </title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:49:10 -0500</pubDate>
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			<description>Restoration of two dry-laid retaining walls flanking the historic Rocky Lane in Fredericksburg, Virginia.  Several hundred linear feet, 7 to 16 feet tall with right angles, curves, t-junctions, wallheads. Six weeks, beginning in late February 2006.  We have a great team of certified drystone craftsmen and mentors on the project from Scotland, Kentucky, Kansas and Virginia as well as new apprentices from Montana, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Congratulations to all on an excellent project!    </description>
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			<title>DSC Project - Goddard Covered Bridge, East Approach. Fleming Co, KY. June 2006.</title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:48:35 -0500</pubDate>
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			<description>The west abutment and approach walls were completed last summer (see DSC, 2005 Overview photo album below). The eastern approach restoration work includes a full dismantle and rebuild, blending new with historic stone, 200 linear feet of wall with heights ranging from 12&quot; to 7 feet.  Two certifed master craftsmen, one certified journeyman and three certified drystone masons completed first half in less than 5 days, to be joined by three new apprentices and several local volunteers to complete the work during the second week. Beautiful!</description>
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			<title>DSC Workshop - Ellsworth Rock Garden, Voyageurs National Park, MN. July 2006.</title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:44:32 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>DSC/NPS Partnership - Corwin Barn Foundation Wall Repairs, New York. Oct/Nov 2006.</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:28:27 -0500</pubDate>
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			<description>This is the first of several training/restoration task orders already in place for a five-year cooperative agreement between the Conservancy and the Northeast Regional Office of the National Park Service. The historic Corwin Barn, a cultural resource managed by the NPS Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, sustained significant damage during three recent floods.  This partnership includes a training course with DSC and NPS staff focusing on preservation standards, philosophy and maintenance practices as well as drystone masonry assessment and skills training at multiple levels.  The Barn foundation walls and adjacent retaining walls will be carefully dismantled and repaired, correcting several faults while preserving the character-defining features of the historic workmanship. </description>
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			<title>DSC's Memorial Footbridge - Rolling Rock Building Stone, Pennsylvania.  Sept, 2006.</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:27:22 -0500</pubDate>
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			<description>This footbridge was built by Dry Stone Conservancy, volunteers and friends in memory of Homer Weller, Rolling Rock Building Stone. 24' long x 7' wide, 2' radius. Four men, three days! </description>
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