Pulling Up the Quarters
Posted By thecircusblog on May 21, 2010
After the tent on the center poles are pulled half way up they start sliding up the quarter poles to help take some of the weight off the canvas. When all the quarter poles are in their correct position, then the main block and falls on the center poles are pulled to the top or peak of the center pole. Believe it or not it is quite easy to put up a big top once you’ve done it for 10 or 20 years. This photo was also a find in an antique store. Clyde Beatty Cole Bros Circus mid 1960’s.
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