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Old cabinets Vault 8The old cabinets with coral in Vault 8 | MovingSpecimensOut1Carl, a volunteer from Germany, moving our coral specimens out of the old cabinets to make way for the new! We had to work in batches as there was no space to move out the entire collection. | Corals in old cabinetsCorals ready to be moved out of their old cabinets |
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Old cabinets in Vault 8The last few old cabinets waiting to be moved out of Vault 8 and into the Building 9 hallway on floor 5. | MovingSpecimensOut2Carl loading drawers of corals onto carts | Corals in old cabinetsCorals ready to be moved out of the old cabinets |
Coral specimens on office floorStrapped for space, corals were stored temporarily on an office floor until the old cabinets could be moved out of the collection room | Vault8 Old CabinetsBecause we had no space to move the corals, the movers had to move the old cabinets out of the coral collection space in bits and pieces. | Moving Gang Vault8AMNH's fabulous moving gang moving the old cabinets out of the coral collection space. |
The LiftIt was hard getting the lift through the door. | Lifting Old CabinetsThe moving gang moving the old cabinets to the hallway to store the collection while the coral collection space was being renovated. | Lifting Old CabinetsLifting one cabinet onto the other |
OldCabinetsFloor5Finally, all the old cabinets were moved out of the coral collection space and the coral pieces safely put into the cabinets with new locks. | Cabinet DeliveryAnd, the Delta Cabinet makers and installers arrived to install new cabinets in our freshly tiled and painted Vault 8 coral collection space on April 12. | CabinetDelivery2 |
Cabinets In The ElevatorOur new cabinets in the elevator. We had a bit of a hitch when the elevator door got stuck, but elevator mechanic, Timmy got it working in no time. | New Cabinets Floor 5New cabinets on Floor 5 waiting to go up to Floor 6 | Cabinet Assembly LineNew cabinets waiting to be installed in the coral collection space. |
First CabinetThe first cabinet... | New CabinetsMore new cabinets | Newly installed cabinetsAnd the installation was completed in great time and in perfect position |
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Getting the coral space ready click on an image to start slide show show
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