It is the beginning of day 2 on this project & as you can see, the chimney is almost completely torn down to the ground.  We tarped over the exposed flues overnight to keep out visitors. The upcoming photos will show the progression of the new chimney being built.  By the end of day five this ground up rebuild is complete.  Dana laid an average of 500 brick/day.  It helps to have such dedicated "tenders" to mix mortar & move material.
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