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Ipswich Buses DAF Lowlander working a limited shuttle service taking passengers from Brantham to Holbrook Royal Hospital School whilst watermain works continue in Holbrook. Usually operated by an Optare Solo but of course something unusual was bound to slip on there eventually.
56 pauses at Gravel Pit Lane, Brantham, before beginning its next journey.
My son, Craig, photographing detail of a 20ft long memorial quilt in aToronto subway station... We had an afternoon of visiting a number of art installations in the subway system... This massive and beautiful quilt was made by a Nova Scotia friend of mine, Laurie Swim.
From the internet....
" On Thursday, March 17, 1960, five immigrant Italian construction workers lost their lives underground while helping to build a new watermain in suburban north Toronto.
Tomorrow, Wednesday, March 17, 2010, Laurie Swim, “one of Canada’s most esteemed artists”, City of Toronto and TTC officials, members of the Laborers International Union of North America (LiUNA)’s Local 183, the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU)’s Local 113 and the Central Ontario Building Trades will unveil a permanent art installation in York Mills Station to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the tragedy.
Although the men did not die while helping to build the subway, York Mills Station is the perfect permanent home for piece. The subway station sits in Hogg’s Hollow, a few meters from the site of the accident, which trapped the men 35 feet underground in a cramped, dimly lit tunnel, beneath the west branch of the Don River. Their deaths sparked a public outcry over the lack of safety standards in construction. Ultimately, that led to better conditions for men and women working in hazardous construction sites.
Laurie Swim began her memorial quilt, “Breaking Ground: The Hogg’s Hollow Disaster 1960”, while she was living in Toronto in 1998.
The work immortalizes the five men who died that day: Pasqualle Allegrezza, Giovanni Battista Carriglio, Giovanni Fusillo and brothers Alessandro and Guido Mantella. Swim was fortunate enough to meet with some of the descendents of the five men and incorporated personal details from their stories into the scene. An open wallet near the centre of the work, for example, includes a representation of a photo of Giovanni Fusillo’s 8-month-old son — whom he had never met — which rescue workers found in his wallet when they recovered his body.
(Subways first started operating through York Mills Station almost exactly 13 years after the “Hogg’s Hollow Disaster”, on March 31, 1973.)
COSTI Immigrant Services (formerly Centro Organizzativo Scuole Tecniche Italiane) and financial contributions from businesses, corporations and hundreds of individuals supported Laurie and dozens of volunteers from the community, as they created the 7-by-20-foot (2-by-6-metre) mixed-media fibre memorial. The volunteers joined Laurie in sewing for about 4,000 hours during the nine months they required to complete the quilt.
The quilt serves not only as a memorial to working men and women who lost their lives lost while on the job, but also celebrates the spirit of community — the volunteers, City officials, organizations and corporations who worked together with a number of individual donors to create this commemorative portrait of an important moment in Toronto’s history."
Hands up those who recall the old London Hydraulic Power Company (and their associated outfit in Liverpool)? I have memories as during the 1960s my first visits to London as a child were to stay with family friends who worked for this company. Founded in 1883 their system of high pressure water mains provided power for machinery such as lifts and presses in the day just before the widespread development of electricity and electric motors. Several early tube lines, such as the City & South London Railway of 1890 had hydraulic powered lifts no less. Other than London & Liverpool, I'm only aware of Manchester having a similar network and that was municipally owned.
The Company had various pumping plants at different times, the ones shown here being Grosvenor Rd, Falcon Wharf at Bankside, Rotherhithe, Wapping and City Rd canal basin. The business slowed gradually during the 20th Century although they survived until 1977 when, upon closure, ownership was quite sought after. The empty mains, and the company's legal powers as a 'statutory undertaking' thus relieving them of certain planning requirements and allowing them to dig roads and pavements up, making them a bit of a prize. The old Mercury Communications got them and the assets, although Mercury didn't last as long as the old LHP! Oddly London Transport's old tram/trolleybus cable network, never lifted, is also now used for similar purposes.
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The city is building a new water main below Grand Street which will connect to the new water tunnel (Tunnel No. 3). Having the new tunnel will enable the city to make much needed repairs to the older water tunnels. The downside... there's room for only 1 lane of traffic while the new main is being built. This is Grand Street looking west from Essex.
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TE672 (LK55KKD) -134 on Diversion due to a burst watermain on Muswell Hill, with TE679 on a diverted 43.
A burst watermain on the road close to this greenspace has caused a flood there, and water has somehow detoured and made its way into Watts Meadow.
We now have a temporary pool, waterfall and stream. Ironically, partly on the part of the site where there was once a pool, that many would like to see reinstated!
Also ironic is that this part of the country is officially designated as a drought area. We've reported the burst - lets hope the water company fix it soon.
SFWD crew work on capping off 100 year old utility valve damaged by contractor working in the street. Look closely and you can see the machinist on the left carrying the top of the gate valve, he will make a plate to cap off the top of the valve. The sleeve on the old 12" water main is a two piece bolt style, that has a cast lead seal to accommodate imperfections in the pipe. Soon all of this piping will be removed and new piping will serve this area for the next 100 years.
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Although road work receives a bad rap, it’s necessary infrastructure. In the beautiful town of Aurora, located within the Golden Horseshoe of Ontario, Canada, Brookland Avenue was reconstructed featuring multiple culvert placements; storm, sewer, and water main drainage systems; as well as curb and asphalt resurfacing. #Construction #SiteServices #CivilEngineering #SkilledTrades #HeavyEquipment #Excavation #Paving #Earthworks #ConstructingHistory #mgicorp YouTube Link: youtu.be/WUswaswrxss
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Arc Welding - Utility Worker Fixing Broken Water Main (San Francisco)
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Out of the Archives: Jackson Avenue south of MoMA PS1 hasn’t actually changed that much since this photo was taken on August 19, 1925, when new water distribution pipes were laid to bring Catskill water into Queens. (Image ID: p012066)
Came across this wonderful new avant-garde fountain on Cedar Road in Cleveland Heights on January 30.
Thing is, there is a water main break in almost the same spot that occurred on Friday night, March 25....
The Blaenrhondda end of the tunnel carrying a watermain under the Rhigos mountain. I presume RUDC stands for Rhondda Urban District Council
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Utility Workers Fixing Broken Water Main (San Francisco)
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Crews install a 20" valve on an 18" ductile water main. This valve, if you are interested, costs around $30,000, so you don't see to many of these. This ductile piping has newer flex style earthquake resistant restraints, that were designed in Japan.
Taken at LaSalle Park in Burlington while Cole Construction was installing new watermain using trenchless technology.
Photo taken on Sony Mavica digital camera using 5 1/4" floppy disc on December 23, 1999. The original picture was low resolution, thus I enlarged and enhanced it.
Less than half of Yangon's 5 million population are supplied with piped fresh water. A colonial-era steel water pipe fed from Gyobyu reservoir is a prominent feature in the city's northern suburbs, where towns have grown up along it. Residents here appear to benefit little from the relatively clean water it carries. Most either pump groundwater or store rainwater in tanks.
The pipe is physically and socially divisive, but its gently curving path provides a uniting force for the people who live near it, particularly local children who climb on, play on and run along its broad surface.
Out of the Archives: When a water main broke at 109th St and Manhattan Ave in 1915, repair companies acted quickly to safeguard the critical water supply and streetcar tracks. The buildings haven’t changed all that much over 108 years, though now we can only imagine the fun of seeing a "photoplay" at that theater and reviewing it at the cafe across the street. (Image ID: dep_85-36_032; 20230301js9636)
Many people forget - or never knew - of the network of high-pressure water mains in London and Liverpool that supplied industrial and commercial premises with hydraulic power for things such as lifts and presses. In both cities various pumping stations powered the system. In London the now abandoned network's pipes are used, drained, for telecomm cables. One other city I know had a system - Manchester's municipal HP mains network.
Pump Station No. 5 was originally constructed at the Water Works Fridley site in 1925. The "low side" (shown here) of the Pump Station pumps raw water from the Mississippi River into the Softening Plant at the Fridley site. The "high side" of the station pumps finished (treated) water to the customers in the City through the Water Distribution System (watermains).
Approximately 21 billion gallons of water are pumped from the Mississippi River each year by Minneapolis Water Treatment & Distribution Services. 40% of this capacity is used by Minneapolis residents. 22% is used by the residents of Golden Valley, Crystal, New Hope, Columbia Heights, Hilltop, New Brighton, and Edina’s Morningside neighborhood. 38% is used for institutional, commercial and industrial purposes.
Less than half of Yangon's 5 million population are supplied with piped fresh water. A colonial-era steel water pipe fed from Gyobyu reservoir is a prominent feature in the city's northern suburbs, where towns have grown up along it. Residents here appear to benefit little from the relatively clean water it carries. Most either pump groundwater or store rainwater in tanks.
The pipe is physically and socially divisive, but its gently curving path provides a uniting force for the people who live near it, particularly local children who climb on, play on and run along its broad surface.
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Utility Workers Fixing Broken Water Main (San Francisco)
Usually one guy actually works while about a dozen others watch :)
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New York, NY - ConEd workers assist mothers with strollers on West End avenue during a Winter Watermain break,
Less than half of Yangon's 5 million population are supplied with piped fresh water. A colonial-era steel water pipe fed from Gyobyu reservoir is a prominent feature in the city's northern suburbs, where towns have grown up along it. Residents here appear to benefit little from the relatively clean water it carries. Most either pump groundwater or store rainwater in tanks.
The pipe is physically and socially divisive, but its gently curving path provides a uniting force for the people who live near it, particularly local children who climb on, play on and run along its broad surface.
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Utility Workers Fixing Broken Water Main (San Francisco)
Usually one guy actually works while about a dozen others watch :)
To see more photos of this repair operation, go to this photo album.
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I really don't know what this thing is. It's on the back wall of the local Wal-Mart. I'm guessing it has something to do with firefighting but I have no clue.
These pictures were taken some hours after a major water main burst at the junction with Haydons Road and Merton High Street in the late 1980's. Four 36" mains run from the pumping station at I believe Hampton or Portsmouth Road Thames Ditton. They run in domino style along a route avoiding houses and other sensitive buildings into central London. One or other would occasionally burst resulting in the chaos that can be seen here in Merton High Street and as far away as Tooting Broadway. The scene in Merton looks more like a bomb crater. The entire road surface was lifted with water flooding into every inspection pit including electricity and telephones.
Less than half of Yangon's 5 million population are supplied with piped fresh water. A colonial-era steel water pipe fed from Gyobyu reservoir is a prominent feature in the city's northern suburbs, where towns have grown up along it. Residents here appear to benefit little from the relatively clean water it carries. Most either pump groundwater or store rainwater in tanks.
The pipe is physically and socially divisive, but its gently curving path provides a uniting force for the people who live near it, particularly local children who climb on, play on and run along its broad surface.
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Utility Workers Fixing Broken Water Main (San Francisco)
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Street shot, Toronto Canada.
Now that's a big lunch pail!
I wonder what he had for lunch ?
Construction workers abound in Toronto at the moment, knocking them down, putting them up, altering them. A builders paradise.
LIUNA Local 183 is the largest Construction Local Union in North America.
Founded in 1952 by our first member, Brother Gerry Gallagher, LIUNA Local 183’s mandate was to insure the safety of workers toiling for the Provincial Hydro Commission. With little more than 400 members in their first year, LIUNA Local 183 has grown to now represent more than 40,000 construction workers and their families in the Greater Toronto Area. Our members work in every aspect of the construction industry including; residential, sewer and watermain, road construction, bridge building, pipeline, railroads and utilities to name a few. We have helped make this strong province the vibrant and beautiful place that we all call home.
Toronto and by extension LIUNA Local 183 is more ethnically diverse now than ever before and we are much stronger for it. Like the Cultural Mosaic that Toronto has become internationally known for, LIUNA Local 183 gains strength from each new member from any ethnic community which allows us to grow in industries that are sometimes specific to one ethnic community. Specifically, the construction industry has traditionally relied heavily on immigrants for labour and LIUNA Local 183 has a long history of welcoming and protecting immigrant workers. With each new wave of immigration, the make up of our membership has changed.
Safety for all workers is a prime concern of LIUNA Local 183
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Utility Workers Fixing Broken Water Main (San Francisco)
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Less than half of Yangon's 5 million population are supplied with piped fresh water. A colonial-era steel water pipe fed from Gyobyu reservoir is a prominent feature in the city's northern suburbs, where towns have grown up along it. Residents here appear to benefit little from the relatively clean water it carries. Most either pump groundwater or store rainwater in tanks.
The pipe is physically and socially divisive, but its gently curving path provides a uniting force for the people who live near it, particularly local children who climb on, play on and run along its broad surface.