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sewers

Why the Sewer Is the Most Wondrous Everyday Invention

The votes are in, and the winner of Mundane Madness is right beneath your feet.
Jessica Leigh Hester April 2, 2018
Visitors can view a slice of the fatberg from behind two layers of protective glass.
science

How a Museum Cares for a Giant Chunk of Dried-Out Fat

A conservator shares the nitty-gritty details about taking a fatberg from the sewer to an exhibition.
Jessica Leigh Hester February 16, 2018
maps

A Beautiful Map of Boston's Sewers

It's the perfect day to look at some historic Beantown infrastructure.
Cara Giaimo February 5, 2018
Clean Rivers Tunnel.
Washington, D.C.

Clean Rivers Tunnel

An 18-mile-long tunnel for sewage waste will soon wind within the bowels of Washington, D.C.
In Switzerland, they just throw this stuff away.
sewers

There's Gold in Switzerland's Sewage

Also, a whole lot of silver.
Sarah Laskow October 11, 2017
Part of the sewers seen in the tour, as it was in the film.
Vienna, Austria

Vienna Sewer System

Vienna's underworld of tunnels and subterranean rivers made an iconic appearance in a 1949 Orson Welles film.
Glass floors reveal layers of underlying history.
Lecce, Italy

Museo Faggiano

One man's quest to fix his toilet unearthed over 5,000 artifacts spanning more than 2,000 years of history.
sewers

Meet the Belfast 'Fatberg,' the Grossest Thing You'll See All Day

The mass of grease and baby wipes has been slowly amassing beneath the streets.
Cara Giaimo June 26, 2017
Washington, D.C.

Washington City Canal Outfall

A portal into the bricked up canal that runs through the heart of Washington D.C.
sewers

Spilled: 200 Gallons of Cream in Virginia

Accidents happen.
Erik Shilling May 9, 2017
Portland's sewers will now contribute to society.
sewers

Portland's Sewers May Soon Help Power the City's Garbage Trucks

"We're going to be turning poop into power."
Cara Giaimo May 3, 2017
The Crossness Pumping Station in London was so intricately decorated that it was nicknamed "The Cathedral on the Marsh."
engineering

Modern Cities Owe Their Cleanliness to These Innovative Old Sewers

Crucial advances in where we put our poop, throughout history.
Kavya Ram Mohan April 13, 2017
Cloaca Maxima's outfall is near the Ponte Rotto bridge.
Rome, Italy

Cloaca Maxima

The "Greatest Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.
Chandelier Hall in the Cologne sewage system.
Cologne, Germany

Chandelier Hall

An elegant chandelier hangs over this ancient sewer chamber, now open for concerts and public tours.
A Puebla tunnel.
Puebla, Mexico

Secrets of Puebla Tunnels

A 500-year-old series of tunnels long believed to be folkloric was uncovered beneath the streets of Puebla.
sewers

Found: Photos of Sewer Construction From 1901

A Scottish Water employee saved them from the trash.
Sarah Laskow September 12, 2016
In the Barcelona sewer system.
Barcelona, Spain

Sewers of Barcelona

Barcelona's historic 19th-century sewers, whose foundations were laid in medieval times, are open to the public for exploring.
The Sewerage Science Museum
Osaka, Japan

Sewerage Science Museum

Near the mouth of the Yodo River, this museum offers visitors six floors of hands-on learning about Osaka's raw sewage.