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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 824811" data-attributes="member: 50197">A little background, a lot of Charleston SC buildings were damaged during the "big one" Aug 31, 1886. Instead of rebuilding, many of the damaged homes were repaired using "earthquake bolts'. These were large, extremely long bolts that spanned from wall to wall in the building. Caps were placed like a large washer, and the bolts were tightened to bring the walls back to plumb, and give them extra support. There are 3 of these showing in the picture. A great many of these buildings are still standing and being used. As a side note, my wife's grandmother was born the same year as the earthquake.[ATTACH=full]410936[/ATTACH]</blockquote>