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Pictures: Winter Park sinkhole

In May 1981, a sinkhole in Winter Park opened up gulping down 250,000 cubic yards of soil, five Porsches from a foreign car repair shop, the deep end of an Olympic-size swimming pool, chunks of two streets and a three-bedroom home.
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An aerial view of the Winter Park sinkhole in 1981.

Winter Park sinkhole

( Orlando Sentinel file )
An aerial view of the Winter Park sinkhole in 1981.
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