Washington Monument external earthquake inspection complete

For days, inspectors dangling from ropes pored over the weathered marble of the Washington Monument, gently "sounding" the stone with mallets, like doctors checking an elderly patient.

They studied every block — each of which is numbered — for damage from the Aug. 23 earthquake that rattled the East Coast. On Wednesday morning, they finished the examination.

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Patricia Sullivan 06 Oct, 2011


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