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Thar she blows!
By adamg on Wed, 10/23/2013 - 3:13pm
No doubt there's a perfectly good explanation for this afternoon's six-story geyser on A Street at Congress that doesn't involve a burst water main or an attack by Lord Nemo on the surface people. Photograph by Upstatement.
Robbie Waters provides another view of the eponymous event.
UPDATE: No, it's just a water-main break. The city advises that A Street is closed from Congress to Melcher and that while Congress remains open, people should just be somewhere else for awhile.
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Ugh
They've been doing a lot of work near that corner ... I wonder why it took them this long to find out where the water lines were?
My husband just posted a video - great.
right outside my window
Adam i just emailed you a picture from my window ... the water is gushing up next to our building. it's crazy. and the perfectly good explanation is National Grid and a circular saw cutting the asphalt.
Six stories of soggy spray
I'm going down to get wet at
I'm going down to get wet at Lucky's.
Photos not showing up in RSS feed
This photo isn't showing in the RSS feed (but some on other posts are).
More info, wasnt water
More info, wasnt water service main , a private line Maybe it wasnt marked , and wasnt too deep if a saw hit it .
A water line break turned into a spectacular water fountain spraying more than five stories into the air near Congress Street and A Street around 3 p.m.
“It was a fire protection pipe in a private alley serving one building,” said Boston Water and Sewer Commission spokewoman Jean Richardson.
A contractor was working in the street in the vicinity of the break, and Richardson said the construction may have played some part in the huge water plume.
BWSC crews arrived shortly before 3:30 p.m.
Richardson said water crews were helping the building’s owner to shut down the pipe used to provide water to the building’s fire suppression system. The huge spray continued until the pipe was shut down, she said.
Fire protection pipes are the responsibility of the owners of the buildings they serve, commission officials said.
- See more at: http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2013/10/seaport_wate...
Should be a permanent installment
I think it would increase tourism if we have a permanent geyser.