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n water main

shakes NV residents

RESIDENTS OF the 200 block West Osborne
Road in the District of North Vancouver were
rudely awakened early Sunday morning by the
sound of a broken water main and the sight of ‘‘a

And, according iu vite res-
ident, only snowbanks acting
as a dam stopped one prop-
erty from being badly flood-
ed.

The main, which broke -

just after midnight Saturday,
affected residents living in
the Gsborne-Norwood area.

Deputy Director. of
’ Engineering Services Harry

McBride said Monday the
main was immediately shut

‘tiver racing down the road.”’

| By JOANNE MacDONALD |

off by the District’s standby
man with a.works crew. on
site between 6:30 and 7 a.m.
Sunday to repair the main.
He said local residents were
without water for about six
hours.

According to McBride, the
breakage could be due to a
number of factors, including

the pipe itself, — asbestos- .

cement pipe (AC pipe), in-
stalled throughout

settlement, or some other
type of stress.

“When a break is found”

in an AC pipe, it’s usually a
long, elliptical section that
pops out. That's typical of
this type of pipe,”
McBride. ‘‘And because the
break is abrupt and large, it

washes . everything -around-

the pipe out, so the bedding

material is gone. So we can't ~~

tell if it was the settlement
material, or’ even a large

“RESIDENTS OF West Oshourne Street area escaped flooding but damage to the roadbed was extensive when a water main burst. Above Jeremy Holmen checks out
some of the damage, while in district employce Wally Brooks surveys the scene in photo below.

the:
District in the mid-1950s —‘

said .
- porary. pavement

tock that may have put un---”

due pressure on the pipe. So
the actual reason for the-
break 1s hard to define.’* : : --

McBride said there was no

- damage -to private property

but that some gravel. and
water was dumped on the
North Star School grounds. -
Surrounding pavement was
extensively damaged.
McBride said once * tem-
installed

this’ week settles, more

Tepairs will be done, with the

work expected to take, up to
two o days. * ue

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