There may be only one thing more disheartening for a fan of classic Corvettes than seeing museum-quality cars lying on the bottom of a sinkhole — that’s not seeing them on the bottom of that sinkhole because they’re covered in dirt and rubble.That’s just what happened on Feb. 12, 2014, at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky, when the floor of the museum’s Skydome and eight Corvettes disappeared in a sinkhole 40 feet wide and 40 feet deep. Local general contractor Scott, Murphy & Daniel was retained to respond and recover the most easily accessible cars by crane following removal
Hydroexcavation to the Rescue
An environmental services company faced one of their toughest and most unique challenges last year: rescuing Corvettes from a sinkhole.
Sep 17, 2015 | by Peter Kenter |
