Address
99-165 Crater Rim Drive, Volcano, Hawaii 96718
99-165 Crater Rim Drive, Volcano, Hawaii 96718
TMK
(3) 9-9-001:023
SHPD Historic Site Number
10-52-5506
National Register of Historic Places
#74000292
Abstract
The Whitney Seismograph Vault #29 is an underground room, 18 feet by 17.5 feet of reinforced concrete walls and reinforced concrete slab roof. Walls and floor are in direct contact with natural steam cracks, making the room hot and humid. The Whitney Seismograph Vault #29 represents the beginnings of the continuous and resident study by American scientists of the earth’s volcanic and seismic activity at Kilauea and Mauna Loa volcanoes.
The Whitney Seismograph Vault #29 is an underground room, 18 feet by 17.5 feet of reinforced concrete walls and reinforced concrete slab roof. Walls and floor are in direct contact with natural steam cracks, making the room hot and humid. The Whitney Seismograph Vault #29 represents the beginnings of the continuous and resident study by American scientists of the earth’s volcanic and seismic activity at Kilauea and Mauna Loa volcanoes.
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