We Found a Basement

Today we got a call from LoDesto, that they were sawing the concrete slab, and unearthed a 10' x 10' concrete vault that's about 6 feet deep. We are going to halt the plumbing for today, and bring in structural engineers, and begin a discovery phase to see what potential this basement has for the space. It could be filled with gravel, and we continue, or we can excavate it, and use it for additional storage. We knew something was going to surprise us under that concrete slab, but we weren't expecting to find more usable square footage. My assumption is that this was a basement used for the original owners from the Laundry that was built in the 40's, and then covered over when the current owners took over the space in the 70's. There are no reports of bags of money, or Jimmy Hoffa, but this could be a win for the bar area, giving us additional storage space for kegs. It's almost as good as finding a bag of money, if we can monetize the space. Otherwise, it's a literal money pit.  

Team came out to inspect the basement hole on 6/20. Might end up filling it in. Tomorrow the hole gets excavated. 

We found a window!?! This basement is curious... 

and filled...  

As we were piping the other side, a door frame emerged. We still aren't sure exactly what this basement was used for. In fact, we found what might have been stairs leading down on this side. Hunches are a coal shoot, but we may never know. All we know, is that underground doors and windows are not what we expected to find down there.