For the last few days we have had a large crushing machine on site where terrace B is going to be. It's an expensive bit of kit to hire, so the demolition contractors have been working hard to keep it constantly fed with concrete and brick. It has a magnet to strip out metal for separate recycling and the whole time it is running someone has to stand over it pulling out wood, cables and anything else that shouldn't go through it. We now have a huge pile of what is technically known as '6F2' crushed hardcore - ideal for building up levels on the site where needed.
Now that all the floor slab has been taken up, the contractors are going to spend a final day crushing the last remnants of concrete and brick from the buildings, before the crusher is taken off site. 
The exposed section in the last photo (the garage door is the entrance to Viper Imports) shows that the north side of the building was built onto the bedrock (bottom right). But the south side is a different story, with deep stone foundations. These need to be removed and replaced with compacted material so that when we come to put in our foundations we don't keep hitting the remains of old buildings. Next week's job will be digging up the stone foundations and drains, and demolishing the old toilet block at the west end of the Mill.
Jon
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