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Raising the Dome II, including album

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When craftsmen from Campbellsville Industries and crane operators from the Tim Edwards Co., both of Campbellsville, KY, came to Columbia to insert a structure to raise the height of the decorative rotunda dome on the new Adair Judicial Center, several photographers were on hand.

ColumbiaMagazine.com posted pictures as the work was done yesterday, and additional ones may be added. The album includes photos by Robert Harmon and Jerry Burton, as well as staff photos, . This album is meant to make it easier to find memories of the day in one place.


Raising of the Dome II happened in three stages:
  1. Removing the dome installed in 8 months earlier.
  • Assembling the new height extension structure on the ground and lifting it into place over the entrance
  • And the final ascension of the original dome to its new splendor atop the structure
    • It was grand theater on Thursday morning, December 17, 2009. It was completed within about four hours, during which traffic was halted most of the time on Merchant Street, even as work continued inside the building and out in an effort to make the new tentative move-in date of the last week of February 2009 a reality.

    Now the adornment can be seen

    Raising the Dome I was on April 7, 2009, of this year. At that time, there was wide complaint that the decorative feature could barely be seen.

    A couple of options laid out in subsequent meetings of the board overseeing the project were:
    1. To add a clocktower which would, at the site, obscure the entrance and draw visitor's attention away from the dome. No one would ever even notice whether the rotunda dome could be seen or not, or,
    2. Two, raise the decorative dome to make sure it would be seen.
    The latter course was chosen. Now the decorative dome is quite prominent, from many perspectives.Scroll down for photos

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    Raising the Dome II: Busy as a Joe Moore cartoon



    2009-12-17 - Merchant & Campbellsville Streets, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Work is going on inside, outside, and all around the new Adair Judicial Center today, in a effort to get the building ready for its lates tentative move-in date, now projected for the last week of February 2010. In the center the Tim Edwards Co. crane has removed the low-lying dome and left it on the ground in front of Grissom-Martin Funeral Home in the right of the picture. In the center, half of the structure which will raise the rotunda dome to a more visible height is in front of the entrance to the courthouse. On the left, a team from Pyles Excavating is doing grounds preparation for landscaping. A look at the Raising of the Dome II is expected sometime this afternoon.
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    Raising the Dome II: The support is raised



    2009-12-17 - 201 Campbellsville ST, Columbia, KY - Photo by Jerry Burton, Campbellsville Industries. Jerry Burton, Columbia, KY, captured this photograph of the new support structure just built by his company, Campbellsville Industries, fro the rotunda dome on the new Adair Judicial Center. The structure in the air arrived this morning in two halves and was unloaded from trucks on Merchant Street, assembled in the Judicial Center parking lot, then raised and put in place as one piece.
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    Raising the Dome II: Rotunda dome gliding home



    2009-12-17 - Adair Judicial Center, 201 Campbellsville ST, Columbia, KY - Photo by Robert Harmon. Workmen for Campbellsville Industries wait for crane to lower the Adair Judicial Center rotunda dome atop the entrance to the building. The work was complete at around noon today, Thursday, December 17, 2009.
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    Rotunda from Lindsey Hill



    2009-12-17 - Columbia, KY - Photo By Ed Waggener. A view of the Adair Judicial Center's Rotunda Dome from Lindsey Hill. The red brick buildings in the foreground and the steeple are the Columbia Christian Church.
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    Raising the Dome II: Deluxe Hamburger stage



    2009-12-23 - 201 Campbellsville ST, Columbia, KY - Photo by Robert Harmon. When the cap went on the Adair Justice Center, "It was smooth. It was slick," Joe R. Barbee said later. He was watching the work from the Chevy pickup parked in front of Grissom-Martin Funeral Home. Raising the Dome II took place in a five hour span on Thursday, December 18, 2009, when the structure installed in Raising the Dome I was removed, a new support structure to elevate the rotunda dome was installed, and the dome was raised to cap the support.
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