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119 Maple Ridge Drive, Monmouth, Maine 04259-7334

The Flagpole

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1.     Location:

North Central Front Yard near the Fresh Water Well and the Boat Launch. 

 

The Flagpole is constructed of a twenty foot (20 Ft) two inch (2 in) stainless steel pole set into a “wedding cake” concrete form anchored to a thirty inch (30 in) concrete column buried three feet (3 Ft) deep in the ground. A pivot joint at the base of the pole provides a means for lowering the pole for maintenance.

 

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It’s a three (3) person task to lower the the Flag Pole do its weight.  One person removes The Top Anchore Bolt and the Pole is piveted on the Lower Anchore Bolt lowering it down “Hand over Hand by two persons with taller person in the back.  A small utility table or construction stand (sawhorse) should be inplace to set the end of the Flag Pole on as an option to setting it on the ground.

 

A white metal pole with a chain attached to it

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To raise the Flagpole after maintenance the process of lowering the pole is reversed. Two people lift the end of the pole up and over their heads while moving toward the base of the pole. With the taller person in the rear as they continue raising the pole hand over hand.  A third person behind the rising pole must ensure that the pole does not pass over the top of the base to fall away from the team raising the pole.   The third person must also insert the anchor bolt in place to lock the pole.  Replace and tighten the nut on the anchor bolt and tighten the nut on the pivot bolt.

 

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