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Making a retaining
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The purpose of this Eagle Project was to build
a retaining wall to help conserve and improve the safety of a trail at
Tule Ponds that was deteriorating due to erosion and weathering. Using
assistance from my Boy Scout Troop 132, I was able to successfully build
such a wall on November 6th, 2016. The first step was to place four
4x6x36 inch wooden posts into the ground, ten feet apart from one
another to serve as supports for three 10-foot long and 1-foot high
wooden planks that would serve as the wall. Four holes were dug for the
posts, each 1.5 feet deep, and the posts were cemented in using Quikrete
cement. After the cement dried, the three planks were drilled and bolted
to the posts. Finally, the trail was back-filled with surrounding soil
so that it was flat, and the project was complete.
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area before |
starting to clear |
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simple as it may sound, the project required a lot of calculation and
attention to detail on my part, but I could not have done this project
without the help of my fellow scouts from my troop: Surya Ilango,
Kaushal Vaddadhi, Rio Huerta, Rohan Kashyap, Sahith Karra, Ian
Knickerbocker, Nathan Cunha, Andrew Fiatal, Kazuo Whateley, Sakayt
Singh, Yash Verma, and most importantly Mr. Jim Dalton and Mrs.
Katherine Lien, who served as trained adults to oversee my project
throughout the day and gave great advice. Many of the scouts who helped
me stayed for the duration of the day and were of excellent help, as
there were many small tasks to be performed over a large area. Thanks to
their cooperation, we were able to complete the project in one day over
the course of 6 hours. Overall, the project was a great success and I am
very happy to have been able to lead such a project to leave a lasting
impact on Tule Ponds.
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| preparing retaining walls | filling in retaining walk |