Utah's Fallen Warrior Memorial

Utah's Fallen Warrior Memorial. A World Trade Center Artifact. History: Utah Fallen Warrior Memorial is a peice of artifact from the World Trade Center. This artifact is a section from the slurry wall weighing 9000 pounds. The slurry walls main fuction was to hold back the Hudson River from flooding the basement of the world trade center. , , When New York started the clean up at ground zero a section of the slurry wall needed to be removed for the new rail lines. The contractor wanted to preserve this section and convert them into art for a memorial. Artist Sandra Priest was commisioned to sculpture/sand and polish these peices of artifact. , , Built to Last... The basement was bounded by a 3,300 foot long three foot thick slurry wall, or perimeter wall, constructed from grade and socketed into the bedrock located at depths of as much as 20 feet. In the 1950's continuous underground walls were constructed using bentonite slurry as temporary support for slot excavations in difficult soil conditions. Bentonite slurry is only slightly heavier than water. Early on, the Port Authority Engineering Department recognized that this technology would be suitable for construction of a safe, economical deep basement in extremely difficult ground conditions. The slurry wall was installed over a twelve month period ending in 1968. , , The Memorial site was dedicated on October 31, 2013 by Utah Governor Gary Herbert., A special Thanks to Dave and Raette Belcher for providing this Historical artifact.