Looks to me like Tulsa and surrounds were flooded on a regular basis
up until the 1990s.
http://www.cityoftulsa.org/CityServices/FloodControl/History.aspIt also looks like the courthouse is only a half mile or less from the banks of the Arkansas River. http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?q1=500+S+Denver%2C+Tulsa+OK+74103&name=&desc=&mag=3&ds=n&BFKey=&cat=&resize=l&trf=0Is it any wonder ground water kept rising and falling? At the very least, they should have made the vault a monolithic structure that might exclude water, possibly by using shotcrete or some other gunite product. Bill Huff ************************************************************* To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go to http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1
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