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Friday, April 15, 2005
Berlin's Water PumpsBerlin has tall iron hand pumps along the sidewalks of some streets that still, apparently, work. In the old days -- before universal plumbing, but also after the war -- people used them for drinking water, but now they're used, at best, to wash cars. (The water's not safe to drink anymore.) Berlin has a high water table, according to my expert sources, which is one reason the subway stations aren't as deep as Boston's or Budapest's.
posted by Michael Scott Moore |
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