After being put on hold for months during my recovery, we're finally moving forward again with our walkway project, utilizing old historic cobblestones from San Francisco Streets.
If you missed the earlier posts, these cobbles came over as ballast on the ships that arrived during the Gold Rush of 1849. They were then put to use as cobblestones in the streets where they remained until they were removed as streets were paved. Some of these never made it to the streets, but were recently dredged up from the bottom of the bay. Many ships were abandoned in the bay as the crews took off for the gold fields. These ships were burned to the waterline and scuttled, so the ballast sank to the bottom of the bay. You can see barnacles on these stones.
We dug the trench deeper, lined the bed of the walkway with weed prohibiting cloth, added a layer of sand (19 bags!) to seat the cobbles, then topped it off with gravel.
It's not done yet, we still have to finish off the edges and a few other things, but this was a big step forward. At least they are in the ground instead of sitting in the yard! Thought you guys would like to see how it is coming along. More soon!
