Nevada Appeal at 150: Aug. 16, 1974: Another study of Capitol

Aug. 16, 1974: Another study of CapitolThe State Public Works Board voted to give Nevada’s 109-year-old Capitol Building a thorough physical including pounding a few holes in its walls to see what’s inside. The Capitol has been the subject of three recent engineer’s studies which all concluded that one good earthquake would reduce it to rubble. Reno engineer Clark Gribben, who did one of the three studies, said, however, he still doesn’t know exactly how strong the old bu