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Partially excavated DeTurk cellar floor drain outlet. The stone at the right edge of the photo is slightly angled toward the creek, at the same angle relative to the east wall as the jamb-stones of the drain are within the "tunnel" through the wall [see DTR09PH80--1001.01.169, DTR09PH78--1001.01.167, and DTR09PH82--1001.01.171]. The trowel blade in the up
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Exterior view of north door jamb foot in one inch of water above stone sill after 2 inches of rain in 36 hours. This water level would submerge the restored brick-paved kitchen floor under seven inches of water and place the foundation wall and its exposed mortar joints in contact with more than one foot of standing water, which recedes from that level ve
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Detail of DTR09PH77--1001.01.166 showing exterior view (outlet) of partially excavated exterior aperture of drain tunnel. The bedrock floor of the drain tunnel was evident under the pool of water in the masonry opening at a depth [“invert”] of approximately 18 inches below the sill elevation, the same level as the bedrock encountered at the base of the ex
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