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New Building Updates

August 5, 2022 By Events and Programs Assistant

The steel has arrived and the new Welcome and Education Center is taking shape very quickly! Follow along here for photos of the progress!

About this time last year, we were thrilled to see Trolley Street take shape. The steel erectors are on site as of early August 2022 and it’s incredible to watch the building come out of the ground at such a rapid pace.

Larry Lovejoy photo

The first column went up around 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, August 3.

Larry Lovejoy photo, Aug. 4, 2022

By the end of the second day, 18 of 27 columns were up and much of the connecting horizontal steel members had been installed.

Columns at the center of the building began going up Monday, August 8, along with roof rafter beams.

Larry Lovejoy photo, Aug. 8, 2022
Scott Becker photo, Aug. 8, 2022
Scott Becker photo, Aug. 8, 2022
Scott Becker photo, Aug. 8, 2022

By Wednesday afternoon, August 10, about 60% of the skeletal structure was complete.

Larry Lovejoy photo, Aug. 10, 2022
Kristen Fredriksen, Aug. 11, 2022
Kristen Fredriksen, Aug. 11, 2022
Kristen Fredriksen, Aug. 11, 2022

By Thursday morning, August 11, museum staff met to begin planning a topping off ceremony.

Kristen Fredriksen photo, Aug. 11, 2022

A view from the East on August 11 clearly shows the shape of the building. Very exciting!

Scott Becker photo, Aug. 11, 2022

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