Waterville City Engineer Nick Champagne and City Manager Mike Roy watch as the "Ticonic" sculpture is lowered to a flatbed after being removed from The Concourse Thursday morning. The sculpture is being moved to nearby Head of Falls park along the Kennebec River.
Workers with the Cote Crane and Rigging company attach straps to lift "The Ticonic" sculpture out of its old site Thursday on The Concourse in Waterville.
A crane lifts "The Ticonic" sculpture from the center of The Concourse in Waterville as it begins a short journey Thursday to its new site at Head of Falls.
Waterville Public Works Director Mark Turner stands beside a gaping hole Thursday in The Concourse in Waterville as a crane crew slowly lowers the base of "The Ticonic" sculpture onto a trailer that later carried the piece to its new site at Head of Falls.
Mike Folsom, of Waterville Public Works, secures the top of "The Ticonic" sculpture Thursday at its new location at Head of Falls in Waterville. The massive sculpture was moved from The Concourse after numerous problems with traffic over the years.
Mike Folsom, of Waterville Public Works, secures the top of "The Ticonic" sculpture Thursday at its new location at Head of Falls in Waterville. The massive sculpture was moved from The Concourse after numerous problems with traffic over the years.
Mike Folsom, of Waterville Public Works, secures the top of "The Ticonic" sculpture Thursday at its new location at Head of Falls in Waterville. The massive sculpture was moved from The Concourse after numerous problems with traffic over the years.
Police stopped traffic Thursday on Main Street in Waterville to allow "The Ticonic" sculpture to be loaded onto a trailer and moved to its nearby new site at Head of Falls.
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