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Tokyo's sewer - Simply Awesome

Posted August 20, 2007 1:07 PM

From Newlaunches.com:

The above picture might look like a rendering done by some Maya expert but it is actually Tokyo's underground sewer system. No wonder in spite of heavy rains Tokyo never gets flooded.

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08/20/2007 1:14 PM

That looks like something out of a movie rather than a sewer system. Consider me impressed.

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08/21/2007 8:10 AM

Wow impressive. Bet they don't have to put a detention/retention basin on everyone of their projects Like we have to in the St. Louis Area.

Imagine the volume of water that handles.

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