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Earthquake
August 23, 2011
Broken Buttresses!
The August 23, 2011, magnitude 5.8 earthquake left the flying buttresses in bad shape. The shaking cracked buttress flyers, twisted buttress pinnacles and shook stones apart. To stabilize the stones and prevent major damage in the case of a future earthquake, the buttresses were drilled and "pinned" in place with long steel rods.
Learn more about our ongoing restoration efforts at cathedral.org/earthquake or scan this QR code. |