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Making it letter-perfect

Credits:
Photo / Donna Coveney
Credits:
Photo / Donna Coveney

Project manager Ron Catella of Facilities (lower photo) examines damage to the facade below the Great Dome. He did a close-up inspection with the help of one of the largest cranes on the East Coast (top photo), which was brought to the crosswalk at 77 Massachusetts Avenue last Thursday. The diamond-shaped object in the lower photo is an iron anchor that rusted and swelled, causing the stone in front to pop off. Workers will cut a matching piece of limestone and install it sometime this summer.

A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on April 4, 2001.

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