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Old Posted Oct 17, 2017, 3:56 PM
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Originally Posted by ardecila View Post
There's only a thin sheet of steel between this pit and a major river. You can't pump it out because there's nowhere for the water to go - can't put it into the river, and the sewers are overwhelmed.

Also since they don't have a ramp, they can't easily move the equipment out of the pit. Seems like that should have been factored into the staging somehow.
Looking at another nearby site (808 Van Buren) is is apparent that the river came in, just not that much water in the basement.
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