Lawson Adit

Dean Andrew Lawson (far right) and 1917 School of Mining students sitting in front of the mouth of Lawson Adit.

The Lawson Adit is a horizontal mine tunnel, or adit, on the UC Berkeley campus, near the Hearst Mining Building, dug directly through the Hayward Fault.[1] Started in 1916, the adit is named after Andrew Lawson, one-time Dean of the College of Mining at UC Berkeley.[2]

  1. ^ "The lore of Lawson Adit". Berkeleyan. 19 September 2002. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  2. ^ University. Regents, University of California (System). Office of the President, University of California (1916). Report of the President of the University on behalf of the Regents.