Power Outage Closes AA&PG
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PrintA power surge in one of Pepco's main feeder lines triggers a blackout in the American Art and Portrait Gallery Building. The power went out at 9 a.m., and a decision was made to let the employees leave, and to close the building, when it was not restored by 11 a.m.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 4, "The Torch," September 1985, p. 2.
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
July 30, 1985