Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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On-location to document this major construction project
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Keeping the famous San Antonio River Walk working by replacing some huge floodgates. It's a pretty interesting challenge to replace them without draining the whole river in the process.

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