Although beautiful, the floodwall serves a much more important purpose than simply a backdrop for art.
Before beginning the daunting process of erecting the flood wall, Pastor Rudder greaciously opened his church to serve the firemen breakfast.
Members of New Life prepared and served breakfast.

Appreciative Firemen
Arrival at the flood wall.
Holes in the road, which are patched when not in use, must be dug out for the i-beams to be secured.

More digging...
...and more
...almost ready

Heading toward where the beams are stored.
Storage
Carrying the beams out, piece by piece.

Positioning the beams.
More positioning.
Now that the iron beams are in position for their erection, it's time to move out the wood timbers.

...the extremely heavy wood timbers.
The timbers are lined up at the north end of the flood wall.
A much needed break is taken before the next phase begins.