180 COLLAPSE OF TEXAS TOWER NO. 4 



Mr. Crockett. We did ; however, somewhat superficially. 



Mr. Kendall. What do you find in that connection ? 



Mr. Crockett. We found that two were fractured and that one had 

 been bent. 



Mr. IvENDALL. Are you talking about footings now, or the caissons? 



Mr. Crockett. I am talking about the caisson attachment at the 

 footing. The B caisson bent just above its footing. 



I might say we found all three footings to be intact. We did not 

 see or find any distortion that was evident at the time, nor do we feel 

 that they were cocked out of a perpendicular plane with the ocean 

 floor. 



Mr. IvENDALL. You say you did not feel they were? 



Mr. Crockett. We did not. 



Mr. Kendall. In other words, you found them to be structurally 

 sound at that time ? 



Mr. Crockett. We did. 



Mr. Kendall. As far as you could determine. 



Go ahead. 



Mr. Crockett. We found the B caisson to be bent. We found 

 the A and C caissons to be fractured. All three caisson sections that 

 remained attached to the footings were lying on the ocean floor. 



We found a 115-foot section still remaining attached at A caisson 

 at the original wreck, which is assisting in holding the wreck into 

 the angle or plane that it is presently in. 



Mr. Kendall. Did you prepare a drawing showing the caisson 

 fractures also, Mr. Crockett ? 



Mr. Crockett. Only of the footed section ; not of the ends. How- 

 ever, I do have some photographs that were taken of the ends, but they 

 were taken under adverse conditions, with about 2 or 3 feet of visibility. 



Mr. Kendall. You have provided us with copies of those photo- 

 graphs, I believe ? 



Mr. Crockett. I have. 



Mr. Kendall. Will you make your drawings of the caisson frac- 

 tures a part of the record also, please ? 



Mr. Crockett. Yes, sir. 



(The drawings referred to are as follows :) 



