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Subject: Re: ANYONE REMEMBER THE SEWERS?

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ted

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Date Posted: 20:13:19 08/31/04 Tue
In reply to: Robb 's message, "Re: ANYONE REMEMBER THE SEWERS?" on 21:44:11 08/30/04 Mon

>
>>yup I did that in spring of '79, we stopped about half
>>way and tried to lift the manhole cover to figure
>>where we were but couldn't get it open, later we
>>realized it was right in the middle of the main street
>>so it was probably good we didn't open it, there was
>>graffiti in there and we could smell refer, so I think
>>it was frequented by students, the story we heard that
>>someone made it to campus pond thru a small side
>>tunnel,
>
>The storm drain had to conform to the ground contours
>and it was all downhill from where it began close to
>the beginning of frat row. As I remember we'd go a few
>hundred feet and we'd enter into a boxed area...
>there's probably a technical term. There was usually
>some water in the bottom. We'd have to jump to a
>ladder leading to the other storm drain pipe which
>typically entered some 5-6 higher. Not everyone made
>it. As I recall that ladder continued up to a manhole.
>It's probaby a good thing you didn't manage to get it
>open given that it ran beneath the 4 lane road by
>Whitmore. I've never heard of a side expedition to the
>Pond. At this point I can't remember if the Pond
>drained by the Student Union or the Fine Arts Center.
pond drain was on the fine arts side, yes that leap required more dexterity than I prob have now, it was about a 4 ft span from a crouching/hunched position to the ladder rungs on the opposite wall, did u ever climb the smokestack at campus center next to the garage? That was scary, if u fell getting wet would be the least of your worries.

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Re: ANYONE REMEMBER THE SEWERS?	Robb	09:27:07 09/01/04 Wed