A gigantic fatberg of congealed fat, wet wipes and human waste that may have taken more than 60 years to grow below Baltimore has been removed.
The city's Public Works department used a camera, pressure washer and truck-mounted industrial vacuum to clear the mass of curdled grease, wet wipes and other waste.
Workers resorted to the strategy Monday after they'd begun scraping pieces off last month shortly after the gunk was blamed for a sewer overflow in the city.
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6 comments:
TMI....
It has been reported that Rosie is resting comfortably after this ordeal in the sewer.
I thought the article was going to say they found Elijah Cummings in there...
That's just gross! I used to row in the harbor, so I'm not surprised what they found. After heavy storms, we would see rats floating in the harbor.
Scroll through the pictures and click on “watch video”....takes you to a Helmans Mayonaise commercial. Ironic or what?
Guy Guy finally got up from his Council Nap?
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