Spanish Fork house owner finds previous effectively underneath his driveway

SPANISH FORK — Brian Terry has lived in his Spanish Fork house for greater than 20 years. Over the previous few years, he began noticing a downward slope on his driveway.

“I did not assume something of it,” Terry mentioned.

It was not till Tuesday as he was pulling out of his driveway when that slope caved in, leaving an enormous gap. At first look, it seemed like a sinkhole.

“I used to be in a position to pull sufficient of it out that I climbed down in there and type of obtained an thought of what it actually was,” Terry mentioned, solely to comprehend he had discovered what gave the impression to be an previous effectively. “It was about 8 ft deep.”

Terry was in a position to spot a rusty damaged pipe surrounded by rocks that gave the impression to be rigorously stacked on high of one another.

“There have been some wood pillars that had been going throughout that I assume as some type of help. So it was resting on these,” he mentioned.

Terry known as town of Spanish Fork to allow them to know what he discovered. He mentioned they advised him they may not discover any type of data associated to a effectively the place is property is situated, which left Terry shocked, contemplating his house is sort of as previous as Spanish Fork itself.

“The unique a part of the home was in-built 1890, so we’ve got discovered some issues over time that type of predate the home,” he mentioned.

The newly-discovered effectively joins that checklist.

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In accordance with an image Terry discovered of his property on the Utah Nation Information web site, the house was surrounded by orchards.

“To assume that that is the place they needed to get water into the home and possibly used it for the farm or livestock, you already know, it looks as if it was an easier time then,” Terry mentioned.

Whereas he needs he may maintain the effectively or beautify it, it is blocking the center of his driveway and he has trailers parked at the back of his house.

“It has been type of an journey,” Terry mentioned.

He’s now tasked with filling the effectively again up and is searching for quotes to seal it with concrete.