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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,010 posts) Sun Sep 13, 2020, 09:46 PM Sep 2020

Pier 58 on Seattle waterfront collapses

Pier 58, the section of Seattle's waterfront between the Great Wheel and the Seattle Aquarium, on Sunday collapsed into the water with several people on it, according to fire and police officials.

The Seattle Fire Department tweeted at 4:36 p.m. that two construction workers were transported to Harborview Medical Center in stable condition. The Seattle Police Department was vague on the number of people who fell in, but all have been rescued.

Susan Gregg, a spokesperson for Harborview, said the two men who were transported did not have life-threatening injuries.

The pier, a structure supporting Seattle Waterfront Park, was closed about a month ago when city officials discovered the pier had substantially hifted away from land. It was closed and set for dismantling this weekend, two years ahead of schedule.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pier-58-on-seattle-waterfront-collapses/ar-BB18ZXye?ocid=hplocalnews

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Pier 58 on Seattle waterfront collapses (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2020 OP

Of course it did. LisaM Sep 2020 #1

I was just there on Thursday SeattleVet Sep 2020 #2

Was the destabilization of the pier caused by the tunnel Sewa Sep 2020 #3

LisaM

(27,813 posts)

1. Of course it did.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun Sep 13, 2020, 09:49 PM

Sep 2020

I'm glad the workers are okay.

I haven't been downtown since March and I have no inclination to ever go down there again.

SeattleVet

(5,477 posts)

2. I was just there on Thursday

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun Sep 13, 2020, 10:18 PM

Sep 2020

and every Thursday (I volunteer at the Aquarium).

As I understand it, they had removed most of the structure of the fountain and were using concrete cutting tools to remove a 20,000 pound concrete planter that was above it when the structure gave way. They had accelerated the work because the monitoring equipment they had in place showed a greater shift starting on Thursday, and they were attempting to remove as much weight as possible quickly.

The Aquarium structure is sound (it's on relatively new concrete pilings), and they will continue with the removal of the rest of Pier 58. The workers appear to be doing well.

Sewa

(1,255 posts)

3. Was the destabilization of the pier caused by the tunnel

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Sep 14, 2020, 01:39 AM

Sep 2020

construction? When I worked on the emergency repairs to the viaduct after the earthquake, I was surprised to learn the pier system extended below it.

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