Washington Monument

[The Interpreter]

Elevator broken.

Again:

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2016/03/29/washington-monument-elevator-breaks-leaves-cherry-blossom-visitors-without-unique-view/

[The Interpreter]

The elevator is working again even though the National Park Service says it does not know what caused yesterday's outage.

[The Interpreter]

Elevator broken and closed.

AGAIN.

http://wtop.com/dc/2016/04/elevator-malfunction-closes-washington-monument-2nd-time-in-one-week/

[The Interpreter]

Open, again.

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Washington-Monument-Open-After-Power-Problems-with-Elevator-374413731.html

[stashua123]

They way this is going, the monuments going to be closed 72 times by the end of the year! 

[jcgoble3]

When it's not malfunctioning, it closes every night.

[The Interpreter]

Elevator causes Washington Monument to be closed.

Again:

http://wtop.com/dc/2016/05/washington-monument-will-stay-closed-for-sunday/

Will stay closed today, Sunday.

[The Interpreter]

The Washington Monument will remain closed at least through Monday morning, the Washington Post reports...

[The Interpreter]

Washington Monument Elevator broken. Again.

Closed until at least Tuesday, July 26.

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Washington-Monument-Closed-Due-to-Elevator-Problems-388020362.html

[Creed Bratton]

I enjoy this thread just for the fact that most of the updates have been about the elevator being broken! 

Makes me smile! Thanks Terp!

[IBEW_Sparky]

Something not working in DC is about as surprising as the Sun rising in the East.

[The Interpreter]

Before the new computerized elevators, such problems were seldom seen.

And be careful. *I* *WORK* in DC.

[IBEW_Sparky]

I know...and have known... that, which is why I DIDNT say NOTHING works in DC.  

[The Interpreter]

The Washington Monument remains closed. It may reopen Friday.

[KI FANATIC 37]

I didn't know there was anything out of service in DC more than Congress.

 

I guess we learn something every day!

[Thrill_Biscuit]

[IBEW_Sparky]

HAHA!  That is definitely in the top 5 images you have made, TB!!

[The Interpreter]

It reopened last Friday...

[King Ding Dong]

Does it have a water tower now?

[Oldiesmann]

According to the New York Times, this time the problem was a bearing failure: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/07/29/us/politics/ap-us-washington-monument.html

 

And they're already looking to modernize it to fix the issues. Hopefully that will include a thorough review of all maintenance/repair procedures to ensure that's all being done properly.

[The Interpreter]

Yep.

CLOSED.

Again:

http://wtop.com/dc/2016/08/washington-monument-closed-today-elevator-problems-ensue/

[King Ding Dong]

If only TTD had the same uptime as the Washington Monumnet. Maybe adding another 100 feet would help.

[The Interpreter]

36 feet didn't...

[IBEW_Sparky]

And dont forget the 8mph

[King Ding Dong]

More height, power and some cowbell should do the trick.

[The Interpreter]

WTOP:

A tripped circuit breaker.

Perhaps the heat.

NPS says the Monument will reopen as soon as it is safe to do so.

[The Interpreter]

...which apparently was 9AM this morning, Monday. Another heat advisory today, too.

Stay tuned.

[DubVLegend]

Yea there's gonna be a lot of post in here if you announce every time it's down. Thankfully there's soooo much more to do there. I use to live in DC and I'm still not sure I've done everything there is to do there. I Heart DC!

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[King Ding Dong]

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(Post edited as it has caused unintentional consequences)

My appologies to all.

[The Interpreter]

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