Corvette Museum

[-=Jeff=-]

Some of the cars swallowed:

1 millionth car (on right)


ZR-1 Spyder:



1.5 millionth:


I know I have more pics at home

[scottfab]

Seems that someone ought to consider getting some ground studies done with ground penetrating radar to see where there maybe more potential sink holes.
Don't even know if that would help since the nature of a sink hole is not usually soil missing from directly under the sight as it is a pocket of missing soil/rock many many feet down.

I know I've walked through that area many times. Strange to see the hole there now and sad to see the vetts at the bottom of it.
No doubt this will make the evening news.

[cvette98pacecar]

Originally Posted by Dynomite

What Causes Sink Holes to Form

Typical Concrete Driveways are 3-1/2 inch with wire mesh just because 2x4 forms are used....but most go for 4 inch and I go for 5 inch thick concrete. If heavy truck traffic or tractors..then even thicker.

Looks like concrete layed on plastic with no wire mesh and maybe some conduits under the concrete for electrical or something. And....some other access corridors under the concrete. Definitely would not expect heavy traffic on this floor and the tile would cover ALL pending cracks from concrete shrinkage with the plastic keeping moisture from reaching the tile above.

What a disaster and could have happened outside as well as under some nice corvettes. But maybe some of those conduits you see are water lines that begin leaking over a long period of time. Which would be the reason why the sink hole happened where it did. A reason I do not like water lines under concrete...always go around any concrete flooring with water lines if possible for the simple reason it is easy to find and repair water leaks.

What I find that is very interesting first there looks like there were corridors under the floor now were those corridors created by water? Second it is amazing that the NCM starting displacing earth for the race track about 2 years ago is this part of the problem? I would like to know what the altitude of the NCM Museum is compared to the race track.

[Blue Flame Restorations]

Originally Posted by -=Jeff=-

Some of the cars swallowed:

1 millionth car (on right)


ZR-1 Spyder:



1.5 millionth:


I know I have more pics at home

That 53 is the one I restored and was displayed for a year. Glad it wasn't there!

[Blue Flame Restorations]

The Falconer was sitting behind the last ZR-1 two weeks ago.

[Karl]

Such a sad day.....

[Kevin]

should all be rebuildable.

[Z06scentair]

Originally Posted by pushrod-v8

Such a sad day.....

Yes it is.....mourning from North Carolina!

[Tony Davila]

Hope NCM insurance was paid up and covers all this damage.

[Racinfan83]

Originally Posted by Kevin

should all be rebuildable.

We hope! But who knows how far in there they are, how much dirt and concrete is on top of em, and how much damage they will do trying to get em out? Gonna be a long process since they will have to determine what caused it, and if there is danger of further sinking...