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Rusted Guard Rail, As A Form Of Deconstruction, The Embarcadero, San Francisco, California

Top Of Guard Rail
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The top of the concrete guard rail, used to keep people from falling into the bay, showed a pattern of rust. Salt water had penetrated the top of the guard rail. The squares of rebar displayed a regular pattern of rust. The defective guard rail had a galvanized chain link piece of fence placed in front of it to protect the public.


Rusted external link Guard Rail external link   •  As A Form Of Deconstruction external link   •  The Embarcadero external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  Nikon D300s Camera external link AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 Nikon Lens external link   •  (Date Photographed: 11:26:55 Tuesday 2 August 2022)   •  (Date Published: Friday 30 September 2022)   •  © 2020 Bryan Costales external link Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C22_1320
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Penetrated Down
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A side view of the guard rail illustrated how the rust had followed a vertical piece of iron rebar. This allowed rust to travel down into the inside of the concrete guard rail. The internal rust had further weakened the concrete.


Rusted external link Guard Rail external link   •  As A Form Of Deconstruction external link   •  The Embarcadero external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  Nikon D300s Camera external link AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 Nikon Lens external link   •  (Date Photographed: 11:27:02 Tuesday 2 August 2022)   •  (Date Published: Friday 30 September 2022)   •  © 2020 Bryan Costales external link Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C22_1321
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