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ion, that the first contact on the HarlemCreek Public Sewer was let. The wholesewer was built in five contacts, at a total costof $522,563, and it required about six yearsfor its construction, the fifth section havingbeen completed in July, 1911. This sewer issaid to be the largest in the world and… … recently, the sewer construction consistedmainly of the smaller laterals—house sewers,or district work for these valleys. About 1895, it became necessary to sewerthe west end of the city in the River desPeres valley, and a large area (about 1,800acres) was sewered under the combined sys- *Asst.…
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