This morning, I met some of the stone masons who are currently working on the towers. They tell me that the restoration of the inner wythes of the east-facing tower have now been completely re-pointed (at least the section that is free standing above the structure of the main church).
Work continues on the outside of the east tower while another set of scaffolding has now been erected inside the west-facing tower which will permit the repointing of the inner wythes of that tower within the coming weeks.
We expect that the steel frames and braces will be delivered and installed within the next three weeks or so. In the meanwhile the wooden pieces are being removed from the upper sections of both towers in order to permit the work in that section to proceed. These openings will also facilitate the delivery of the steel frames when they arrive. Some of these wooden sections may need some tlc but we'll have to judge that once we get a chance to conduct an up-close inspection.
In all, we are very pleased that this project seems to be proceeding on schedule. Reports are that the restoration should be complete by October of this year.
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