Washington Monument Earthquake Repair Rappelling Not so Crazy, 10 Other Odd Monument Repair Jobs
As part of efforts to repair the Washington Monument from damage caused last month's earthquake, engineers prepared to conduct a 'visual inspection' of the landmark tower. In order the finish that task, an aptly named Difficult Access Team attached ropes to the side of the obelisk and prepared to rapel down its face. The weather did not cooperate.
While the image reminded many of a scene from a Hollywood thriller, it is by far not the most uncommon method ever used by engineers working to repair a landmark monument. Here are ten other idiosyncratic, exotic, that is, crazy techniques used to repair other world landmarks.
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![Engineers Prepare to Rapel Down Washington Monument Engineers Prepare to Rapel Down Washington Monument](https://d.ibtimes.com/en/full/61522/engineers-prepare-rapel-down-washington-monument.jpg)
![Statue of Liberty Scaffolding Statue of Liberty Scaffolding](https://d.ibtimes.com/en/full/61527/statue-liberty-scaffolding.jpg)
![Mount Rushmore Mount Rushmore](https://d.ibtimes.com/en/full/61530/mount-rushmore.jpg)
![Walk of Fame repair Walk of Fame repair](https://d.ibtimes.com/en/full/61542/walk-fame-repair.jpg)
![Stonehenge repair Stonehenge repair](https://d.ibtimes.com/en/full/61545/stonehenge-repair.jpg)
![Tower of Pisa repair Tower of Pisa repair](https://d.ibtimes.com/en/full/61549/tower-pisa-repair.jpg)
![Christ the Redeemer repair Christ the Redeemer repair](https://d.ibtimes.com/en/full/61553/christ-redeemer-repair.jpg)
![Giza refurbishment Giza refurbishment](https://d.ibtimes.com/en/full/61555/giza-refurbishment.jpg)
![Hagia Sophia scaffold Hagia Sophia scaffold](https://d.ibtimes.com/en/full/61557/hagia-sophia-scaffold.jpg)
![Taj Mahal repair Taj Mahal repair](https://d.ibtimes.com/en/full/61558/taj-mahal-repair.jpg)
![Eiffel Tower paint job Eiffel Tower paint job](https://d.ibtimes.com/en/full/61559/eiffel-tower-paint-job.jpg)
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