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D43176-3
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- 1949-06-12 (Creation)
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The April 13, 1949 earthquake that shook Puget Sound damaged the dome on the Capital Building in Olympia. On June 22, the 1,600 pound cap stone was carefully lifted out of place so that repairs could be made to the cupola. The cap stone was gently moved down the ramp that was built along the outer edge of the scaffolding. The lantern's stone spire was replaced with light metal and the structure reinforced to lighten its dead loads. Following a second earthquake in 1965, 14 of the dome's 22 windows were filled-in with concrete panels as part of a thorough building stabilization. (Johnston, Norman J. Washington's Audacious State Capitol and Its Builders, University of Washington Press, Seattle, p. 128; TNT, 6/22/1949, p.17) TPL-4756
Legislative Building (Olympia); Scaffolding--Olympia--1940-1950; Maintenance & repair--Olympia; Damage to property; Disasters--Olympia--1940-1950; Earthquakes--Olympia--1940-1950;