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| Folsom Prison Aids In Capitol Building Repair |
| By KRCA.com |
| Published: 06/11/2001 |
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Four months ago, a trucker deliberately rammed his big rig into California's Capitol building in downtown Sacramento, so experts are searching the grounds of Folsom prison to find replacement materials. Ravaged granite and scaffolding dominate the south entrance to the state Capitol building. The site is in the midst of a $16.5 million renovation. The building's outside carries many scars as a result of last January's suicidal assault by a truck driver who crashed his rig into the building. A group is selecting replacement blocks of granite from a huge pile of rock called 'Folsom black.' It comes from Folsom Prison and is a perfect match for the damaged pieces at the Capitol. All of it comes from a building for the criminally insane, located on the prison grounds, which was torn down in the 1950s. Granite specialist Roy Ruhkala is the consultant hired to find about a dozen pieces of granite. 'Well, a lot of it can be reworked. It's reworkable with the modern machinery now. You can make just about anything you want out of it,' Ruhkala said. All of the selected pieces will be removed by heavy machinery in about two weeks, than shipped to Minnesota to be sized and cut. All of it should be in place when the Capitol renovation project is completed in early 2002. |
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