RIALTO PICTURES (OLDER)

OCTOBER, 2008

This is the workings of where the dome for the chandelier will go.  Steve is inspecting the hole in the ceiling where the previous thing will be going! 

These are panels that will hide lights that can be lowered for plays, etc.  Maggie Hunter, Cathy Wilson and their art classes will be painting the decorative touches on them from stencils. 

  Some of the painting crew.                              Duct/Heating system.                                                                                                                     

August, 2008

Volunteer crew removes the marble from the entrance.  Away goes the ticket booth and all the side walls in the entrance.  It will be stored until it will be re-installed at a later date.  Storage unit has been donated by Jim & Patti Baalman for our use during this time. 

 Delivery to the storage units until later.                    Entrance with ticket booth and side walls removed.  We'll use the marble there later.

The work platform will soon be finished (photos taken by Steve Owens on August 2, 2008).   Work will really gear up once the platform is finished!

    Just so they don't forget what the ticket booth  & side walls look like! 

JULY 26, 2008    

The Montana State Prison Fire Crew  assisted in removing more debris and setting up a cradle  for the steel beam.

Deer Lodge Asphalt, headed by Bruce Anderson, remove the steel beams to make way for the work platform that is being built. 

                                                                                                                    And away it goes!

JUNE 29, 2007--  New "look like red tile" roof now on!  It's not tile from Italy but it sure looks good to us!

Steve Owens (right), Johnny Thomas (center) and Bob Kraft (left) moving seats from Rialto Theater in Bozeman, 5/20/07.  See story below!  (Click picture for larger image)

  (Below) May 19, 2007--- Pictures from the day we made and sold 1534 cinnamon rolls...  

Jackie Thompson, Susie Blair, Teresa Pierson....       Carol Rainville & Steve....                       Joan Beckham, Cody Mitchell

      Pictures --May 16, 2007

       Pictures ---May 26, 2007             

                  Note fire extinguisher in window!

             (click pictures for larger image)

MAY 16, 2007---Just a few more pics...It's pretty close to having it's "lid on"!   The space open in the front will have the slanted roof as before but I think they are pretty much done with the trusses for now.  It feels a lot different with the roof up there... it's more like a building again rather than a burned out shell....It'll be hard to get many more pictures now....it's dark in there!    I'll try to get what I can as we make more progress but I don't think we'll see much more for a while.   We'll keep this site posted however....no matter how small the progress!

  May 15, 2007----Some more pictures....word is that the trusses will be up by the end of this day.   As you can see, the sheeting is also going on as the trusses are put in place.   

May 14, 2007    Crane has been brought in to assist in the placement of the trusses.   Main St. has been blocked off  for a few days.  Some of the pictures were taken from the roof of Peoples Bank...(Yiiipes!!)   Fun to be seeing so much activity and a roof going on!

                       Up we go to the roof!                 

From  the roof of Peoples Bank...

  Up go the trusses and into place.....(Until  my battery ran out!)

I think  most of these are self-explanatory.....if you have any questions about any of them just e-mail  me at  tgmizner@yahoo.com

May 7, 2007

The following pictures were supplied to us by Rich Owens on his visit to Deer Lodge the week of May 5th...Thanks so much Rich for your input for this site.   I need all the help I can get!!     We are so happy to be seeing a roof going on also!! 

    CLICK ON PICTURES FOR LARGER IMAGE.

April 24, 2007

The pictures below were taken from the stage into the auditorium.  The steel posts on the sides have been installed to hold the roof.  The work is being done by Sun Mountain of Deer Lodge.  The trusses should be here within a week or so and will then start to be put into place.  I'll keep pictures coming of the progress.  There are also pictures of the demolition that I'll try to get on here.

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                                                                            Projection Booth                      Ramp to balcony (ugghhh!)

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