Sal Collaziano
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A 40-foot sinkhole developed inside the National Corvette Museum overnight in Bowling Green, KY, swallowing up eight vehicles, including two Corvette models on loan from General Motors. No one was in the museum at the time of the incident, which happened early this morning.
According to the NCM, motion sensors were set off at 5:44 AM, leading museum authorities to discover a 25 to 30-foot deep chasm, that Executive Director Wendell Strode called "pretty significant." The sinkhole developed in the museum's Skydome, although it can't be seen on any of the museum's webcams (the Enthusiast cam is the closest look we can get to what's going on).
The Louisville Courier-Journalreports emergency personnel remain on the scene, and have only allowed museum employees to remove a single vehicle - the only remaining 1983 Corvette, which was part of a mere 44-vehicle run.
The two cars on loan from GM were a 1993 ZR-1 Spyder and a 2009 ZR1 "Blue Devil," while the damanged museum-owned cars included a 1962 Corvette, the millionth Vette ever built (a 1992), a 2001 Mallett Hammer Z06 and the 1.5 millionth car produced. None of the damaged vehicles were on loan from private individuals. The extent of the damage to these vehicles remains unclear at this time.
The museum traditionally features an array of live camera feeds on its website, but the Skydome camera is presently down. However, we have noted some activity with emergency workers and cameramen on Camera4, "Enthusiast," that you can tune in to by clicking here.
According to the official press release from the NCM, the Skydome is closed as damage is assessed by structural engineers, although the rest of the museum remains open. Take a look below for the museum's official press release.
UPDATE: The National Corvette Museum has released a pair of small photos of the sinkhole, which you can view in our gallery below.
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Sinkhole 'erupts' inside National Corvette Museum [UPDATE] originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 12 Feb 2014 10:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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A 40-foot sinkhole developed inside the National Corvette Museum overnight in Bowling Green, KY, swallowing up eight vehicles, including two Corvette models on loan from General Motors. No one was in the museum at the time of the incident, which happened early this morning.
According to the NCM, motion sensors were set off at 5:44 AM, leading museum authorities to discover a 25 to 30-foot deep chasm, that Executive Director Wendell Strode called "pretty significant." The sinkhole developed in the museum's Skydome, although it can't be seen on any of the museum's webcams (the Enthusiast cam is the closest look we can get to what's going on).
The Louisville Courier-Journalreports emergency personnel remain on the scene, and have only allowed museum employees to remove a single vehicle - the only remaining 1983 Corvette, which was part of a mere 44-vehicle run.
The two cars on loan from GM were a 1993 ZR-1 Spyder and a 2009 ZR1 "Blue Devil," while the damanged museum-owned cars included a 1962 Corvette, the millionth Vette ever built (a 1992), a 2001 Mallett Hammer Z06 and the 1.5 millionth car produced. None of the damaged vehicles were on loan from private individuals. The extent of the damage to these vehicles remains unclear at this time.
The museum traditionally features an array of live camera feeds on its website, but the Skydome camera is presently down. However, we have noted some activity with emergency workers and cameramen on Camera4, "Enthusiast," that you can tune in to by clicking here.
According to the official press release from the NCM, the Skydome is closed as damage is assessed by structural engineers, although the rest of the museum remains open. Take a look below for the museum's official press release.
UPDATE: The National Corvette Museum has released a pair of small photos of the sinkhole, which you can view in our gallery below.
Continue reading Sinkhole 'erupts' inside National Corvette Museum [UPDATE]
Sinkhole 'erupts' inside National Corvette Museum [UPDATE] originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 12 Feb 2014 10:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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