Bridgeport, CT – Mayor Ganim joined the Office of Planning and Economic Development to announce that the City of Bridgeport is nearing completion of the Historic Remington Shot Tower Stabilization Project located at 889 Barnum Avenue.
The completed progress towards making the structure safe, watertight, and stable include:
installation of safety netting over the tower
installation of structural stabilizing steel around the window frames
removal of loose asbestos and debris from inside the tower
installation of over four-hundred linear feet of perimeter fencing to secure the site
removal of over twenty truckloads of debris and dumping from the base of the tower
sealing up of over two-hundred windows with black polycarbonate covering.
The next and final steps in the Remington Shot Tower Stabilization Project include installation of additional safety netting as well as repairing and sealing two courses of roofing.
Mayor Ganim stated, “This has been a multi-step process to eliminate deterioration of the historic tower while improving its security and appearance. We look forward to the future renovation of the site and the contributions it will soon make to the economic vitality of our City’s East Side.”
After completion of the Remington Shot Tower Stabilization Project, the City of Bridgeport Office of Planning and Economic Development will begin accepting bids from contractors interested in completing the demolition of four large vacant industrial buildings that comprise the Remington Arms Complex to make way for new, future development.
