Inmates build new dock gangway in Falmouth

inmates at falmouth dock.nov.15 016

Joe Brait, left, supervisor of a four-man inmate work crew on the job in Megansett Harbor in North Falmouth.  He and inmate Jason Ribeiro go over plans for a new passenger gangway that will connect terra firma at the harbor’s edge with the docking area afloat in adjacent water.

inmates at falmouth dock.nov.15 007

Ribeiro and fellow inmate worker Gary Richter turn now to the job at hand.  Boaters using the gangway next summer will find the short walk to their moored boat or launch less rickety and easier to navigate as they ease, step-by-step, down the newly installed structure.  “It needed to be replaced,” says Brait.

inmates at falmouth dock.nov.15 003

Richter is easy to spot here, Ribeiro less so.  But look close and you’ll see him.  Sheriff Jim Cummings dispatched this Barnstable County inmate crew to assist the town’s harbormaster, who patrols the docking area and its related infrastructure, and to its Department of Public Works, which was in charge of the job.  The value of the donated inmate labor, part of a two-day project, saved Falmouth property taxpayers in excess of $3,000.  “Not a big job, as these jobs go,” the Sheriff acknowledged, “but one that will be appreciated by anyone setting sail from the harbor in the months and years ahead.”

inmates at falmouth dock.nov.15 013

That’s not a fake grimace by Ribeiro, left.  He really is straining to lift this six-by-twelve, just long enough for Richter to prop it up a tad higher so work can continue.  And so it did.

inmates at falmouth dock.nov.15 010

A longer view of things, with strong blustery winds whipping things up in the background.  While Megansett Harbor sports a North Falmouth address, the land you see in background is part of neighboring Bourne.
Media release and photos furnished by Barnstable Sheriff’s Office

Speak Your Mind

*



CapeCod.com
737 West Main Street
Hyannis, MA 02601
Contact Us | Advertise Terms of Use 
Employment and EEO | Privacy