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<p>[QUOTE="bradgator2, post: 4309324, member: 110679"]Some really interesting info on the wiki page:</p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_of_the_Mountain" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_of_the_Mountain" rel="nofollow">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_of_the_Mountain</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Freezing and thawing opened fissures in the Old Man's "forehead". By the 1920s, the crack was wide enough to be mended with chains, and in 1957 the state legislature passed a $25,000 appropriation for a more elaborate weatherproofing, using 20 tons of fast-drying cement, plastic covering and steel rods and <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turnbuckle" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turnbuckle" rel="nofollow">turnbuckles</a>, plus a concrete gutter to divert runoff from above. A team from the state highway and park divisions maintained the patchwork each summer.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_of_the_Mountain#cite_note-5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_of_the_Mountain#cite_note-5" rel="nofollow">[5]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Nevertheless, the formation collapsed to the ground between midnight and 2 a.m., May 3, 2003.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_of_the_Mountain#cite_note-collapse-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_of_the_Mountain#cite_note-collapse-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a>Dismay over the collapse was so great that people visited to pay tribute, with some leaving flowers.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_of_the_Mountain#cite_note-6" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_of_the_Mountain#cite_note-6" rel="nofollow">[6]</a><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_of_the_Mountain#cite_note-7" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_of_the_Mountain#cite_note-7" rel="nofollow">[7]</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bradgator2, post: 4309324, member: 110679"]Some really interesting info on the wiki page: [URL]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_of_the_Mountain[/URL] Freezing and thawing opened fissures in the Old Man's "forehead". By the 1920s, the crack was wide enough to be mended with chains, and in 1957 the state legislature passed a $25,000 appropriation for a more elaborate weatherproofing, using 20 tons of fast-drying cement, plastic covering and steel rods and [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turnbuckle']turnbuckles[/URL], plus a concrete gutter to divert runoff from above. A team from the state highway and park divisions maintained the patchwork each summer.[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_of_the_Mountain#cite_note-5'][5][/URL] Nevertheless, the formation collapsed to the ground between midnight and 2 a.m., May 3, 2003.[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_of_the_Mountain#cite_note-collapse-2'][2][/URL]Dismay over the collapse was so great that people visited to pay tribute, with some leaving flowers.[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_of_the_Mountain#cite_note-6'][6][/URL][URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_of_the_Mountain#cite_note-7'][7][/URL][/QUOTE]
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