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This will certainly lead to an investigation and report, and will no doubt find its way into the literature. Will be interesting to read. Dennis M. Nilsen On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Tony Campbell < [email protected]> wrote: > This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the > whole list) > o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + > > > http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2010/12/15/27226/ > > Fine Hall basement remains closed after broken pipe causes flooding, > disrupted classes > > "A sprinkler pipe burst in the basement of Fine Hall early Tuesday morning, > spilling water across the basements of four buildings, disrupting classes > and soaking library books and maps ... > > "The geoscience and map library collection on the B-floor of Fine Hall was > also flooded, and some books and maps got wet. The map collection “is one of > the largest cartographic collections at an academic institution” and > contains 300,000 maps and charts, according to the library’s website. > > Books and other library materials that were damaged were moved to a > refrigerated truck overnight to ensure the safety of the materials." > > Others will know better than I whether the damage might have affected > non-current maps as well. > > Tony Campbell > > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography > hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. > The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of > the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of > Utrecht. The University of Utrecht does not take any responsibility for > the views of the author. > List Information: http://www.maphist.nl > > Maphist mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist >
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