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Wall Collapse at Morton Salt
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Wall Collapse at Morton Salt

RE: Wall Collapse at Morton Salt

I'm from and still spend considerable time in Chicago. You can see that big Morton Salt Roof Sign, "When It Rains It Pours" from the Kennedy Expressway.
I get the feeling that the occupants of an old factory like that get kind of comfortable and push the load to the limit and beyond.

RE: Wall Collapse at Morton Salt

"When the Wall Fails it Pours" may have to be the new sign.

RE: Wall Collapse at Morton Salt

Salt water intrusion...???

Mike McCann, PE, SE (WA)


RE: Wall Collapse at Morton Salt

They're going to have to throw a lot of salt over their shoulders to make up for this one.

Maine Professional and Structural Engineer.
(Just passed the 16-hour SE exam, woohoo!)

RE: Wall Collapse at Morton Salt

Sounds like the wall was not worth it's salt.

Mike McCann, PE, SE (WA)


RE: Wall Collapse at Morton Salt

My past experience is that you cannot *know* that no one was hurt until all the material is cleaned up.

We've found people who weren't meant to be where they were found... They still died there. On on particular job in Fiji the employer assured us no one was hurt. Two found burried during the removal of materials.

The US may not be Fiji, but nor can you *know* what is under that salt. Then again it may already have been cleaned up, but I doubt it.

RE: Wall Collapse at Morton Salt

The Morton people are probably going to be peppered with a lot of questions.

RE: Wall Collapse at Morton Salt

Show me the CARFAX

RE: Wall Collapse at Morton Salt

Is "buried under a pile of salt" one of the categories on a CARFAX?

DaveAtkins

RE: Wall Collapse at Morton Salt

[quote=bridgebuster]The Morton people are probably going to be peppered with a lot of questions. [/quote]
I'm guessing they were reposed before this happened. But they'll now have to answer the questions from a different angle.

RE: Wall Collapse at Morton Salt

It appears to me that the building was never intended to have salt piled above the concrete wall and clearly it was.

RE: Wall Collapse at Morton Salt

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From the comments below the article by one Jamie Wilson, "Headline fail. Should have been "Lot Turned Into Pillar of Salt.""

I'd give her a star if I could.2thumbsup

RE: Wall Collapse at Morton Salt

Since that salt will probably be condemned for public consumption, Chicago's highway and street department will be glad to use it to salt their
their streets and sidewalks eventho. the grains of salt are not in the right size.

RE: Wall Collapse at Morton Salt

It may not work for dry salting, but it will still work for anti-icing brine.

RE: Wall Collapse at Morton Salt

chicopee…the article stated that the salt in question is road salt, not table salt.

I noticed from the photos that this happened on a clear day. Morton's new slogan should be, "Even when it doesn't rain, it pours."

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