Rains Cause Damage to Zoo

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Summary

Heavy rains cause considerable damage in the National Zoological Park. Rock Creek has overflowed to the machine and carpenter shops on three occasions, and the resulting work in repairing and cleaning retards the regular construction work as planned for the season.

Subject

National Zoological Park (U.S.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 298, Box 1, "Local Notes," 9/14/1922, p. 3.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

Summer, 1922

Topic

  • Architecture
  • Repair and reconstruction
  • Damage
  • Buildings
  • Buildings--Repair and reconstruction

Place

Rock Creek Park (Washington, D.C.)

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