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' May 25, 2017 <br />HWA Project No. 2015-104-21 <br />6 feet thick. A 3.5-foot gap was measured between structures. However, after the explorations <br />were completed, we received structural drawings of the boiler house foundations (Sheet EB60, <br />dated 1929) from Bryan Lust, which showed that the distance between foundations for the same <br />' tank saddle were approximately 14 feet, so the foundations we encountered were probably <br />adjacent structures. Using GPS location data from the exploration, we believe we located the <br />eastern foundation of Boiler #2 and the western foundation of Boiler #3. The bottoms of the <br />foundations extended beyond 7 feet below current ground surface (Concrete rubble was 3.6 feet <br />thick in this area). <br />' Wood Stave Storm Water Pipe <br />' On 4/15, Bryan took us to the pier on the western edge of the site, where an access hatch near the <br />bulkhead showed the general outfall area of the storm pipe. He also pointed out a manhole on <br />the edge of the pier that lined up with the outfall pipe and could be used to orient the exploration <br />near the bulkhead. Excavations were oriented north -south to cut across the orientation of the <br />pipe. In our first excavation, the top of the pipe was located at 5.6 feet below the surface (Pipe <br />#1). We moved to a second excavation area (Pipe #2) 150 feet to the east, using the manhole, <br />' access hatch, and located pipe as a guide. Bryan mentioned that the pipe alignment changes <br />direction somewhere in the vicinity of the current haul road running through the site. However, <br />' without accurate measurements, misrepresentation of the true location of the bend could put the <br />second leg of pipe across a wide area of the site. A "best guess" was made and the second trench <br />was excavated. Stem walls and a flat slab were located at 3 and 6 feet, respectively. The second <br />' excavation totaled 28 feet in length to a maximum depth of 7 feet. The pipe was not located. A <br />third excavation was started (Pipe #3), 50 feet to the east of the first excavation, and for a length <br />of 35 feet. Again, the wood stave pipe was not located during the excavation, however multiple <br />' stem walls and slab floors were encountered. <br />On 4/16, after importing the GPS data taken in the field on 4/15 into QGIS, we assumed that we <br />had not excavated far enough to the north. With this information, we re -excavated the northern <br />end of the third trench, and moved to the north (Pipe #4). Total excavation to the north was <br />approximately 20 feet, to a depth of 7 feet. Again, stem walls and slabs were observed, but no <br />stave pipe was located. <br />ood Piles Area <br />- Near the southwestern corner of the site, the annotated drawings showed an area where wood <br />pilings remain buried in place. We used GPS coordinates to locate the extent of the drawn area <br />in the field. Excavation was started at the "center" of the drawn area, and the trench was <br />extended toward the south. Total excavation length was 39 feet. Concrete rubble was not <br />' spread in this area during the recent demolition work, but fill was still observed that contained <br />brick, reinforcing steel, and concrete fragments. Three stem walls (2- to 4-feet wide) and a slab <br />were encountered during the excavation. The excavator operator attempted to dig underneath <br />' the slab to find any pilings, but was <br />Technical Memorandum 3 HWA GeoSciences Inc. <br />