Pipe Bursts in NMHT, Causes Flooding
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PrintCold temperatures cause a water pipe to burst in the National Museum of History and Technology, flooding the east section of the ground floor and basement with over 100,000 gallons of water. The ruptured pipe was replaced that evening and the building was reopened the following day.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Torch, 3/1979, p. 1.
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
February 16, 1979