SUBSURFACE INVESTIGATION, SECTION A006, CHILLER PLANT, ROCKVILLE ROUTE

Results were presented of two test borings made on the grounds of the Zoological Park east of Connecticut Avenue at Jewett Street N.W. in Section A006 of the Washington Metropolitan Area Metro System, at the location of a planned chiller plant facility serving Rockville Route subway structures. The report contains logs of the two borings and comments regarding anticipated design and construction problems.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored in part by Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, D.C. Prepared in cooperation with DeLeuw, Cather and Co., Washington, D.C.
• Corporate Authors:

  Meuser, Rutledge, Wentworth, & Johnston

  New York, NY  United States 

  Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

  950 l'Enfant Plaza, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20006

  De Leuw, Cather and Company

  L'Enfant Plaza North Building
  Washington, DC  United States 
• Publication Date: 1975-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 12 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Boring; City planning; Construction; Excavation and tunneling; Foundations; Geological surveying; Public transit; Rock mechanics; Routes; Soil mechanics; Subways; Tunneling; Underground structures; Urban transportation
• Geographic Terms: Washington (District of Columbia)
• Old TRIS Terms: Subsurface explorations; Subway construction; Subway railways
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Geotechnology; Highways; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00090871
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: MRWJ-75-128
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 26 1975 12:00AM