Sinkhole damages six cars at Corvette Museum BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WDRB) – A sinkhole under the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green swallowed eight cars early Wednesday. Wendell Strode, Executive Director at Museum, tells WDRB Reporter Danielle Lama, that the sinkhole, estimated to be about 20 to 35 feet deep and 40 feet across, opened around 5:39 a.m. under the yellow Sky Dome portion of the museum. That’s when electricity to the facility was cut, causing an alarm to sound. Strode says six of the cars belong to the museum, and two are owned by General Motors. Officials from the Bowling Green Fire Department have closed the sky dome portion of the museum, but the rest of the museum is operating normally. Strode says another 25 cars remain in the Sky Dome and structural engineers have been called to help determine the best way to safely recover the vehicles. Strode could not immediately determine how much the cars are worth. The hole is in part of the domed section of the museum, and that area will remain closed until further notice. No injuries were reported in the incident. Copyright 2014 by WDRB News. All rights reserved.
Oh gee! I visited just a few years ago, if you’re a Corvette fan you have to see the museum! The Sky Dome is gorgeous not to mention the beautiful cars- that’s just friggin’ awful to hear!
supposedly, it claimed the 1,000,000th Corvette…I’ve driven past it many time, but never stopped. I should probably do that some day.
Wow, that is terrible.
I found a link with some pics - http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/12/5404326/eight-cars-swallowed-by-20-foot-sinkhole-in-national-corvette-museum
Gordy
Ouch, right in the middle- that really, really, sucks…
I’m not too surprised though, it’s near Mammoth Caverns, the whole area is criss-crossed by caves and underground passages. I’d assume there are some serious foundations underneath the museum though.
After all Fort Knox isn’t that far away and you know what sort of security they have…
Triple O U C H.
Jim [cptn]
Oh, yeah, Geezer, you definitely need to visit that museum. Just incredible. I went with my then-fiance (now wife of 6.5 years) back in 2006, and was impressed with the collection of Corvettes and other bits of automotive history that they have there. Way too bad about the sink hole, though. Seems the US is having quite a few of them happen in the past few years…
Hi , Geeze !
Listen , that Museum was the cat’s meow for Vettes . Now I wonder , Is there a recovery service that can get those cars out of the hole with no more damage ? It can be done, But they have to use a crane and apply some boat lifting technology to keep any more damage from occurring > Gees , that’s a bummer .