Setting Up

The previous work on the roof had reached the limit at which men on the ground could simply throw the sawgrass up to the working level using long pitchforks. Before we could start working, scaffolding platforms had to be built. The tractors could then load the grass on to the platforms, and men on the platforms could bundle it with ropes for lifting up chutes to the work level.

Note the vidjor staged on the poles near the middle of the roof.