The underground creek system of Philadelphia strikes again. It¹s amazing the underground creek systems in Philadelphia. I have a map of these waterways, and it¹s a miricle most of us haven¹t fallen into the sewers.
I do not want relive the Mill Creek Cave-in during the early 1960¹s when people and children were killed when their houses collapsed atop them in the night.. As a toddler, that haunted me for years. On 8/27/10 1:34 PM, "krf...@aol.com" <krf...@aol.com> wrote: > Last night, the person whose car was beginning to fall into the hole (front > passenger-side tire was in it already) found a towing company who said they > could pull her out -- even though she was blocked in front and back with other > cars. It took them a while but they did it -- with a roll-off truck, not a > lift-type rig. > > This mid-morning, the rest of the cars parked along the east curb were gone. I > don't know whether the city towed them out of there or if the owners came and > got them -- and, if the latter, had they been notified or was it just > serendipity. > > A lone worker from the Water Dept came, and stood there scratching his head. > One of my guys talked to him. He said he'd been sent out to remove an old > lateral -- that old, disconnected sewer connection that was probably a > holdover from the pre-1916 Convent that had been on the land between 44 & > 43rd, Spruce & Pine. But he said nobody told him the street was caving in and > they needed a special team to do the work, so he left without doing anything. > > With all the cars gone, my guys rounded up a few more orange traffic cones and > put them along the whole stretch with some plastic tape. We also put up some > signs telling people not to park there because of the imminent danger of > roadway collapse. > > This still leaves the cave and tunnel that do under the main part of the > roadway as real hazards. A heavy truck might crash through. In my humble > opinion, they should barricade 44th Street going south at Spruce and put up > some detour signs. > > And, of course, nothing's been done by way of actually beginning to correct > the problem. > > Also, we've talked to the inspectors and they really don't know what caused > all the underground erosion -- is it new or old, is it a leaky storm drain or > water main, etc. > > Al Krigman >
