- Joined
- May 6, 2010
- Messages
- 15,676
^^^^^^ Initially when we first moved into the then new Firehouse on 8-9-71 there were water problems in the basement (actually every time we stopped by to watch the hole being dug during construction they were pumping out water ) it turned out that there was an underground Spring that actually fed the old Breweries in the area & the natural path was disturbed by the excavating of the block long sized combination Firehouse & Police Station....the water not only crept into the new bldg but also ran down the Subway tracks....the City did some waterproofing adding a thick 2 to 3 inch layer to the cellar floor & up several feet all around the inside of the whole bldg & additional drainage was provided in the Subway as the redirected water from around the bldg wound up on the tracks.