DESIGN SECTION F001A: BRANCH ROUTE--SUBSURFACE INVESTIGATION, FINE ARTS BUILDING

RESULTS OF SEVEN BORINGS AND SIX TEST PITS MADE ADJACENT TO THE EAST FACE OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FINE ARTS BUILDING ALONG 7TH STREET, NW, IN SECTION F001A OF BRANCH ROUTE ARE SUMMARIZED. THE PURPOSE OF THE INVESTIGATION WAS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF THE FINE ARTS BUILDING DURING EXCAVATION OF THE LOWER LEVEL OF GALLERY PLACE STATION ALONG 7TH STREET. THE REPORT CONTAINS A REVISED GEOLOGICAL SECTION, SECTIONS THROUGH THE TEST PITS ILLUSTRATING FOUNDATION CONDITIONS, LOGS OF THE BORINGS AND TEST PITS AND CONCLUSIONS REGARDING SUBSOIL CONDITIONS. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No MRWJ-72-68
• Corporate Authors:

  Mueser, Rutledge, Wentworth & Johnston

  New York, NY  United States 
• Publication Date: 1972-5-19

Media Info

• Pagination: 57 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Boring; Geological surveying; Logs; Pits; Subsoil; Test holes
• Old TRIS Terms: Subsurface explorations; Test pits
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00230310
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 11 1973 12:00AM