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Pipeline Survives Street Cave‐In
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.1979.tb01143.x
Subject(s) - cave , brick , geology , storm , geotechnical engineering , mining engineering , archaeology , hydrology (agriculture) , geography , oceanography
A decaying brick storm sewer located 30 feet below the surface of a heavily traveled street caused a street cave‐in in Evansville, Indiana. The incident, in which a 36‐in. line of prestressed concrete pressure pipe withstood a 60‐ft. collapse, is described here.