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             2     at it.
             3             Q.     What  pressure wouldthere be?


             4             A      The diagramswould           show.

             5             Q.     Approximately       wlla.t  pressurewouldthere beon the west

            6

            7              A      The thrust of the *" back, that  is the O'fdl  thrusting

            8      in there?

            9              ,i     Yes.

           10              A      I  would not try to guessthat. know theformulas--
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           11      not without working it out and you have  d1apaats  that showwhat

           12       that figure should be.

           13

           14      was  it not?
           15              A      Yes sir. the  center portion was  like thekeystonein an


           16      arch.       It had the resultant          the  same  as  u,y- slice cutthrough'tlta

           17

           18                     And that  would be truefd. the pressureon tJle otherside
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                   that went out too?

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           21                     Where was  this leak?            Was  it   in themasonry?

           22              A      No sir.
           23              Q.     Was  it beneath  the masonry?


           24              A      That  is     you are speakiungof the last leak  there.                     That came

           25       cam&  out of the joint between the masonry and the ground.Mr. Van Norman

           26                 was right over the top.right;       I  could not--           I  was not able to

           27       climb in where he was, or at least                I  was disinclined, but he was right there on it.

           28                                     Maybe he was ten feet from it, and he said the leak came from the contact

           29                                                   between the conglomerate andetoagl.oanate   "1le

           30      ground or thereabouts.

           31
                           Q      Between  the conglomerate and the masonry?
           32              A
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