Army Corps repairs Bird Island Pier

1/19

In 2013, the Army Corps of Engineers used the Field Station as a staging point for repairs to the Bird Island Pier. We've helped the Army Corps out like this at other times as well.

2/19

A barge and crane come to lift heavy equipment being delivered at the Field Station.

3/19

Crews prepare a generator to be loaded onto the barge.

4/19

Truck with concrete equipment.

5/19

Crane lifting concrete equipment.

6/19

Crane lifting concrete equipment.

7/19

Barge waiting for a concrete delivery.

8/19

Concrete truck preparing for delivery.

9/19

Loading concrete into barrels on the barge.

10/19

Army Corps tug and barge working on the Bird Island Pier.

11/19

Here are some pictures of the repairs to the break wall. Blocks and concrete added to stabilize outer side of Bird Island Pier.

12/19

Blocks and concrete added to stabilize outer side of Bird Island Pier

13/19

Birds on Bird Island Pier.

14/19

Bird Island Pier

15/19

Invasive Purple loosestrife growing in one spot on Bird Island Pier.

16/19

The Field Station, as seen from the Bird Island Pier.

17/19

We were invited to the Bird Island Pier reopening ceremony with Buffalo Niagara Greenway Commission, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, Congressman Brian Higgins, and the Army Corps of Engineers.

18/19

Ribbon cutting.

19/19

An Army Corps tugboat uses water cannons to celebrate reopening of Bird Island Pier.