Dr. Brandt believes that later restorers tried to repair especially worn sections of the statue, like the right eye.
Difficult Working Conditions The workers also repaired damaged sections of the third rail, power and tracking cables and signaling equipment.
The closures will be in place to repair sections of the carriageway surface where settlement has occurred since the road was opened in December 2010.
Residents have done much of the repairs themselves, including digging up and repairing water pipes and re-paving sections.
You can repair damaged sections by sistering, but replace those beams that have serious structural damage.
Large amounts of money were spent on the ground each year repairing sections but once one section was repaired another would fall into disrepair.
A custom adhesive, known as high-temperature scroll tape, is also available to allow technicians to repair sections of scrolls that have become damaged.
Workers returning from war captivity cannibalized some sections of the plant to repair other sections.
The 6 ft wall that runs alongside the road has many holes, and repaired sections which have been hit by cars over the years.
Currently efforts are underway by the new owner, Michel Kergourlay, to repair and rebuild several sections of the crumbling manor-house.