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Updated: 10:10 PM Nov 16, 2009
Thousands of documents damaged in Frankfort
They're valuable pieces of Kentucky history, but now thousands of state documents will need to be repaired all because of a water leak. Posted: 12:34 PM Nov 16, 2009Reporter: Janet Kim Email Address: janet.kim@wkyt.com  Thousands of documents damaged in Frankfort Thousands of documents damaged in Frankfort |
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They're valuable pieces of Kentucky history, but now thousands of state documents will need to be repaired all because of a water leak.
Monday afternoon, workers at the State Library are figuring out just how much damage the leak did this weekend and what it will cost to fix the collections and equipment.
Officials knew about the flood about an hour after it was discovered on Friday night, and got the worst documents out, and started working on them first.
Fans and humidifiers have been brought in to help out. Paper towels are being placed in between pages to keep them dry.
Some workers put in 17 hour shifts over the weekend.
There's no official word at this time about the monetary damage the leak caused.
The state library will be closed through Wednesday.
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why was it leaking? why didnt some one fix it before?
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nathan, chill out a bit. we know that other states have had disasters greater than this. and the folks at the archive have not been crying about it. they have been working diligently and feverishly to get the situation under control, which has resulted in only a handful of documents being completely destroyed. hats off to the folks at the archive working hard to save these documents!
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Like I said before, KENTUCKY is NOT the only state in America that this is ever happened to. Other states have lost important parts of history and documents as well and you don't see them crying about it. BTW, you learn from history not live in it nor try to repeat it.
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