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Sinking, Stinking Feeling As Pilings Pierce Sewer Main In Connecticut
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Publication Date: 25-APR-02
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Workers trying to plug up an apparent sinkhole at a bridge site in Connecticut ended up with a stinkhole instead—one that will cost an estimated $1 million to repair. Some 18 pilings for an abutment punched through a 72-in.-dia sewer main 24 ft deep, and now temporary bypass lines are being built to divert the 5 million gal of sewage that travels ...

 

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