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BWSO crew members Willie Ortiz, Vishaal Sidoo, Jason Marrero, at watermain break on Water Place and Marconi in the Bronx.
This large 20" valve comes with a smaller bypass valve, that is used when you need to close it off. With the bypass open, the main valve is closed down, then the smaller valve is closed. The book says that to shut the main valve off requires 64 turns, hopefully you would use a powered operator to do this.
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)
This is a brand new Auxiliary Water Supply for the Forest City development at Pier 70. This 18" ductile pipe will supply large fire hydrants that will be located throughout the project.
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Pump Station No. 5 was originally constructed at the Water Works Fridley site in 1925. The "low side" 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 (shown here) 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.
I took these photos before my coffee had taken full effect, so I hadn't even looked at my ISO and shutter speed. I actually like how I DIDN'T capture a perfect freeze frame of the water, it highlights the force with which it was coming out of the pipe.
Out of the Archives: Sometimes the photos in DEP’s archives don’t have any original captions, so we have to do a little detective work to figure out what they show. A clue to this photo’s date is the poster for Quo Vadis, a 1924 silent film. Other images in this series show similar trenches, one in front of a building with the word “Arverne” above its door, near what look like movie posters. A little research revealed that there’d been an Arverne Theatre on Rockaway Beach Boulevard, with a matching photograph in the NYC Municipal Archives collections, and block and lot numbers allowing us to map it. We also had a feeling that the photos were taken for the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, which makes sense because the DWSGE was building water distribution mains and sewers in the Rockaways in 1924. So, here it is: probably water or sewer main construction in the Rockaways, circa 1924, scanned in beautiful detail from an original glass plate negative. Let us know if you recognize anything else in the image! (Image ID: p047768)
More flooded streets in Montreal. Seems this is a regular occurrence. City is in dire need of what seems to be an endless repair to it's infrastructure.
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. [ See location correction July 2016]
Winnipeg Planning Division. Present & Future Metropolitan Water & Waste Disposal Systems [map]. 1:72,600. In: Winnipeg Planning Division. The Metropolitan Development Plan. Winnipeg: The Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg, 1966, plate 17.
Shows existing and proposed watermains, pumping stations and existing and proposed intercepting sewers
Bain News Service,, publisher.
Aqueduct shaft, Broadway
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Photo shows the New York City Aqueduct excavation site on Broadway. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.09575
Call Number: LC-B2- 2267-3
Item 50065, Water Department Photographic Negatives (Record Series 8200-13 ), Seattle Municipal Archives.
The shaft being made that will bring a tunnel boring machine to bore a tunnel under the Mississippi River for a water main.
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Utility Workers Fixing Broken Water Main (San Francisco)
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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.
Out of the Archives: Passersby watch the relocation of a water main on Leonard Street to make room for the Williamsburg Conduit. The new pipeline would connect to City Water Tunnel No. 1 and improve water supply for north Brooklyn and parts of Queens. This photograph was taken facing south just north of Devoe Street, on May 7, 1926. (Image ID: p012141)
Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg. Metropolitan Winnipeg Water Distribution [map]. 1:117,000. In: Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg. Draft Development Plan Metropolitan Winnipeg. Winnipeg: Planning Division, 1963, map no. 2.
Shows existing watermains, watermains under construction and proposed watermains
KTLA's Wendy Burch on the scene in Valley Village getting the scoop with Fire Chief Steve Ruda.
LAFD ran into a little problem responding to another water main break in the San Fernando Valley this morning. All firefighters reportedly made it out of the vehicle after it hit a sinkhole. This kerfuffle had choppers peppering the sky in the early morning hours.
With two water main breaks within days and within a few miles of each other, people are beginning to wonder if there is a deeper problem. Pun intended.
Out of the Archives: Sometimes the photos in DEP’s archives don’t have any original captions, so we have to do a little detective work to figure out what they show. Our first clue here is the building with the word “Arverne” above its door, near what look like movie posters. A little research revealed that there’d been an Arverne Theatre on Rockaway Beach Boulevard, with a matching photograph in the NYC Municipal Archives collections, and block and lot numbers allowing us to map it. Other images in this series show similar trenches, and we were able to date them to about 1924. We also had a feeling that the photos were taken for the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, which makes sense because the DWSGE was building water distribution mains and sewers in the Rockaways in 1924. So, here it is: probably water main construction in the Rockaways, circa 1924, scanned in beautiful detail from an original glass plate negative. Let us know if you recognize anything else in the image! (Image ID: p047772)
Title: In August 1974, John Vandenburg, president of Vandenburg Excavating Ltd., St. Thomas, accepted the keys to the newly-purchased tractor shovel from John Meyer, general manager of Clark Equipment of Canada Ltd. The $47,000 machine, the first rubber-tire loader purchased by the company, was to be used for sewer and watermain construction. Jim Garbutt (background). loader operator, tries out the controls.
Creator(s): St. Thomas Times-Journal
Bygone Days Publication Date: September 4, 2010
Original Publication Date: August 21, 1974
Reference No.: C8 Sh3 B3 F2 48
Credit: Elgin County Archives, St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
Burst 14" Water mains on Watford Road, by Northwick Park Hospital and roundabout causing traffic chaos in Harrow/Brent/Sudbury. Officials from Brent/Harroe/LT Buses and Afinity Water responded quickly but looks like it will be most of day before one lane can be opened.
In the foreground is a pipe through which the Great Engine pumped 19 million gallons of drinking water per day to North London.
The pump can be seen in steam on various weekends through the year, and a visit is highly recomended.
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.
What lies beneath?
Discussions with one of the surveying team who stopped to chat as I took these pictures told me of some of the material found under Devonshire Street.
Here's a partial list - tree roots (which encircled services), a water main, which was moved to the other side of the road (along with a gas main), telephone lines, the main communication cable (internet) between Sydney and Singapore, and a gas line dating back to the 1800s, said line provided the energy for the gas lights that lit the streets before electricity was employed. Sydney got its gas lighting in the 1840s!
Water main break under the Monona Terrace walkway, not a good thing with "Shake the Lake" less then a week away! A 25 foot drop extends below the tile, with it hanging on by a thread until it breaks no repairs can be made!
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Arc Welding - Utility Worker Fixing Broken Water Main (San Francisco)
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VAN NUYS - On Thursday, December 10, 2020, at 10:21 AM, LAFD was summoned to the 14500 block of West Sylvan Street for a flooding. A suspected water main break caused a wide-spread flooding situation that affected approximately seven businesses. Firefighters charged a portion of their four-inch hose (typically used as a supply line from a fire hydrant) and used it to protect the storefronts from further water intrusion. With towels, pumps, squeegees, scoop shovels, and other tools at their disposal, firefighters helped the row of businesses minimize water damage until DWP responded to provide a definitive solution. There were no reported injuries.
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LAFD Incident: 121020-0546
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Out of the Archives: Trains overhead, water mains underfoot… the city has many layers! 23rd St at 44th Dr, formerly known as Ely Ave & Nott Ave, was excavated in January 1926 to lay cast iron pipes that would bring clean and delicious Catskill water to the people of Long Island City, Queens. (Image ID: p016288)
Out of the Archives: Trains overhead, water mains underfoot… the city has many layers! 23rd St at 44th Dr, formerly known as Ely Ave & Nott Ave, was excavated in January 1926 to lay cast iron pipes that would bring clean and delicious Catskill water to the people of Long Island City, Queens. (Image ID: p016288)
Old buildings getting new utilities, crews work on new sewers, water, gas, power and telecommunications. All of this work, the replacing 100 year old utilities is because of the new Forest City development that is going on at Pier 70. Soon the crews will be gone, everyone will drive down this street not realizing all the work going on underneath them.