Cutting tools and water pressure attack grime on hallowed stone — but preserve history.
By Michael E. Ruane Michael E. Ruane Reporter covering local news, Washington institutions and historical topics Email Bio Follow March 7 at 1:34 PM One day in the late 1920s or early ’30s, a worker on the Arlington Memorial Bridge project stood before a slab of granite that would become a bench on the structure and drew the notation “P 5” in black paint.
Hunks of curbing, benches and hundreds of ornate 80-pound balusters, for the balustrade, or stone railing, were scattered across a large Lorton Stone company work yard in Upper Marlboro, Md., like pieces of a huge puzzle. Replacements for the few that could not be repaired are being made with the help of a computer and with stone from the same quarry, Gulick said.
But the 216-foot drawbridge section has not been opened since Feb. 28, 1961, because other low bridges on the river prevented navigation by taller ships. The antique draw section is being replaced with one that does not open. The bridge opened to traffic the next day, when more than 30,000 vehicles crossed, according to a news report. The speed limit was 22 mph.The deceased was Alexander M. Harvey, a Canadian veteran of World War I who had worked on the bridge during its construction.
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