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Washington Monument Earthquake Damage

How Long Will It Take Just To Build The Scaffolding?

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 03.07.2013 | DC
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WASHINGTON -- Workers have started building scaffolding around the 555-foot-tall Washington Monument to make repairs to stonework damaged in a 2011 ea...

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Washington Monument Quake Repair Work Takes Big Step Forward

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 11.26.2012 | DC
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WASHINGTON -- The National Park Service named a Massachusetts contractor Wednesday to repair the Washington Monument's earthquake damage, though it ma...

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WATCH: Quake Video Inside The Washington Monument

Posted 08.23.2012 | DC
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WASHINGTON -- If you can stomach it, check out this amazing video taken inside the Washington Monument during last year's 5.8-magnitude earthquake cen...

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PHOTOS: D.C. Quake Damage, Recovery 1 Year Later

The Huffington Post | Michael Grass | Posted 08.22.2012 | DC
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WASHINGTON -- Since its founding more than 200 years ago, the nation's capital had never experienced an earthquake as intense as last year's 5.8 m...

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LOOK: Washington Monument's Surprising Discovery

AP | BEN NUCKOLS | Posted 10.21.2012 | DC
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WASHINGTON -- The Washington Monument did not sink any further into the ground as a result of last year's 5.8-magnitude earthquake, government surveyo...

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Bad News For The Washington Monument

Posted 07.09.2012 | DC
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WASHINGTON -- The National Park Service expects to keep the earthquake-damaged Washington Monument closed to visitors into 2014 as repair work continu...

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Did The Washington Monument Sink Or Tilt?

AP | By BEN NUCKOLS | Posted 03.14.2012 | Travel
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WASHINGTON -- The Washington Monument cracked and crumbled when a 5.8-magnitude earthquake shook the nation's capital last year. But did it sink or ti...

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Did The Washington Monument Tilt Or Sink After Quake?

AP | By BEN NUCKOLS | Posted 03.14.2012 | DC
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WASHINGTON -- The Washington Monument cracked and crumbled when a 5.8-magnitude earthquake shook the nation's capital last year. But did it sink or ti...

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PHOTOS: Washington Monument Earthquake Damage Worse Than First Thought

The Huffington Post | Craig Kanalley | Posted 10.25.2011 | Politics
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Shortly after the rare 5.8 earthquake in Virginia rattled Washington D.C. Tuesday, a Park Service spokesman said there was "absolutely no damage" to t...

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