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Feb. 16th, 2009 02:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ffloThe famous Sewer Banquet, Waterloo, Iowa:
![[sewer banquet 1]](https://p2.dreamwidth.org/4ad5a9f41498/717209-1135712/img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/fflo/sewerbanquet.jpg)
![[sewer banquet 2]](https://p2.dreamwidth.org/41129ab6690f/717209-1135712/www.sewerhistory.org/images/mi/1915_mi02.jpg)
From Sewers in Our Culture (Part 2) at sewerhistory.org:
"In 1904, Waterloo, tired of cleaning up after floods, decided to enclose Dry Run Creek in a large storm sewer. To celebrate its completion, the Iowa League of Municipalities then held its annual banquet within the sewer. Guests entered at points between Randolph and Wellington and found a sumptuous feast laid for 400."
From Sewers in Our Culture (Part 2) at sewerhistory.org:
"In 1904, Waterloo, tired of cleaning up after floods, decided to enclose Dry Run Creek in a large storm sewer. To celebrate its completion, the Iowa League of Municipalities then held its annual banquet within the sewer. Guests entered at points between Randolph and Wellington and found a sumptuous feast laid for 400."
