Workers to begin untangling charred metal web on Notre Dame

Workers suspended from ropes shall be diminished into the charred remains of scaffolding that melted atop Notre Dame when the cathedral went up in flames and start the soft job of dismantling the 200 hundreds metal

June 7, 2020, 2: 05 PM

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PARIS —
Workers suspended from ropes shall be diminished into the charred remains of scaffolding that melted atop Notre Dame when the cathedral went up in flames and start the soft job of dismantling the 200 hundreds metal.

An announcement that the work will start Monday and final by the summer months came Sunday from the pronounce of job overseeing the restoration of the centuries-aged jewel of Gothic architecture ravaged by fire on April 15, 2019.

Two groups of 5 workers every will take turns descending on ropes into the warmth-warped net of scaffolding, made up of 40,000 pieces, and within the reduction of with saws by metal tubes that fused collectively within the inferno. The chunks will then be lifted out by a crane.

The imposing tower of scaffolding became as soon as erected prior to the blaze for the restoration of Notre Dame’s spire that became as soon as then toppled and destroyed by the flames.

Groups fill spent months consolidating the enchancment with metal girders so it would be dismantled without collapsing.

The cathedral remains to be closed, and shall be for several years all the blueprint by renovations.


ABC News


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