The Four Seasons Apartments, Anchorage, Alaska. 1964.
Damage From Seismic Vibration: Damage to Buildings
Dates
Date Taken
1964
Summary
Alaska Earthquake March 27, 1964. The Four Seasons Apartments in Anchorage was a six-story lift-slab reinforced concrete building which crashed to the ground during the earthquake. The building was under construction, but structurally completed, at the time of the earthquake. The main shear- resistant structural elements of the building, a poured-in-place reinforced concrete stairwell and a combined elevator core and stairwell, fractured at the first floor, toppled over, and came to rest on top of the ruble of all six floors and the roof.
Summary
Alaska Earthquake March 27, 1964.
The Four Seasons Apartments in Anchorage was a six-story lift-slab reinforced concrete building which crashed to the ground during the earthquake. The building was under construction, but structurally completed, at the time of the earthquake. The main shear- resistant structural elements of the building, a poured-in-place reinforced concrete stairwell and a combined elevator core and stairwell, fractured at the first floor, toppled over, and came to rest on top of the ruble of all six floors and the roof.
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Item located in U.S.Geological Survey Photographic Collection, in "Alaska Earthquakes slide Collection", March 27, 1964 earthquake, no. 26ct.
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