Photos: How University of Arizona's Bear Down statue was demolished
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Construction workers used electric hammers to bear down on a bust of John "Button" Salmon outside McKale Center on Tuesday, July 30, 2013. The demo work (the inscribed marble panels were spared) freed the carved likeness from a concrete base and the bust moved near the Lowell-Stevens Football Facility.
Demo day for John Button Salmon
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Roberto Carrillo, far right, and Sean Fulcher with Mortenson Construction use electric hammers to chisel away at the concrete base where a bust of John Button Salmon sits outside of McKale Center on Tuesday, July 30. Salmon, who coined UA's "Bear Down" motto, will be moved to a new home outside the Lowell-Stevens Football Facility at Arizona Stadium.
Demo day for John Button Salmon
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
- Updated
Roberto Carrillo, left, and Sean Fulcher with Mortenson Construction use electric hammers to chisel away at the concrete base where a bust of John Button Salmon sits outside of McKale Center on Tuesday, July 30.
Demo day for John Button Salmon
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Sta
- Updated
Trini Chavez, center, sweeps away the rubble as Roberto Carrillo, right, and Sean Fulcher with Mortenson Construction use electric hammers to chisel away at the concrete base where a bust of John Button Salmon sits outside of McKale Center on Tuesday, July 30.
Demo day for John Button Salmon
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
- Updated
One of the salvaged marble panels rests against a wall as Mortenson Construction workers use electric hammers to chisel away at the concrete base where a bust of John Button Salmon sits outside of McKale Center on Tuesday, July 30. Salmon, who coined UA's "Bear Down" motto, will be moved to a new home outside the Lowell-Stevens Football Facility at Arizona Stadium.
Demo day for John Button Salmon
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
- Updated
Roberto Carrillo with Mortenson Construction uses an electric hammer to chisel away at the concrete base where a bust of John Button Salmon sits outside of McKale Center on Tuesday, July 30.
Demo day for John Button Salmon
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
- Updated
Roberto Carrillo, left, and Sean Fulcher with Mortenson Construction use electric hammers to chisel away at the concrete base where a bust of John Button Salmon sits outside of McKale Center on Tuesday, July 30.
Demo day for John Button Salmon
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Roberto Carrillo, far right, and Sean Fulcher with Mortenson Construction use electric hammers to chisel away at the concrete base where a bust of John Button Salmon sits outside of McKale Center on Tuesday, July 30. Salmon, who coined UA's "Bear Down" motto, will be moved to a new home outside the Lowell-Stevens Football Facility at Arizona Stadium.
Demo day for John Button Salmon
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Roberto Carrillo, left, and Sean Fulcher with Mortenson Construction use electric hammers to chisel away at the concrete base where a bust of John Button Salmon sits outside of McKale Center on Tuesday, July 30.
Demo day for John Button Salmon
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Sta
Trini Chavez, center, sweeps away the rubble as Roberto Carrillo, right, and Sean Fulcher with Mortenson Construction use electric hammers to chisel away at the concrete base where a bust of John Button Salmon sits outside of McKale Center on Tuesday, July 30.
Demo day for John Button Salmon
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
One of the salvaged marble panels rests against a wall as Mortenson Construction workers use electric hammers to chisel away at the concrete base where a bust of John Button Salmon sits outside of McKale Center on Tuesday, July 30. Salmon, who coined UA's "Bear Down" motto, will be moved to a new home outside the Lowell-Stevens Football Facility at Arizona Stadium.
Demo day for John Button Salmon
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Roberto Carrillo with Mortenson Construction uses an electric hammer to chisel away at the concrete base where a bust of John Button Salmon sits outside of McKale Center on Tuesday, July 30.
Demo day for John Button Salmon
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Roberto Carrillo, left, and Sean Fulcher with Mortenson Construction use electric hammers to chisel away at the concrete base where a bust of John Button Salmon sits outside of McKale Center on Tuesday, July 30.
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