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Nighttime sewer-workers in London

Posted by Cory Doctorow, February 24, 2008 1:37 AM | permalink

Today in my ongoing series of photos from my travels, a nighttime job-site on the streets of London near Liverpool street station, workers pulling out London's hundreds of miles of leaky Victorian waterworks and replacing them with modern, less-leaky stuff. Link

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#1 posted by Slippy Lane , February 24, 2008 5:25 AM

I should hope that particular guy is not replacing the waterworks. He appears to be an electrician.

"Mummy, I don't like this water, it tastes sparky"

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#2 posted by woolie , February 25, 2008 10:01 AM

I've taken a few similar ones.

http://flickr.com/photos/irees/6054169/in/set-72157594166842049/

http://flickr.com/photos/irees/213671033/in/set-72157594166842049/

http://flickr.com/photos/irees/6054070/in/set-72157594166842049/

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#3 posted by Coaster , February 25, 2008 5:14 PM

Brings a whole new meaning to the term "sparkling water".

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