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One of the historical aerials I dug up and provided to a customer was another interesting one. Out at the edge of the county in the 1940s to the 1970s an area was a gravel pit, and they also had a gravel washing operation and allowed waste dumping on site. The gravel pit soon ran out of gravel but they still kept importing gravel from other location and washing it there. Of course they washed it with sulfuric acid. The pit closed and was covered with a layer of topsoil and soon trees grew and it was all pretty looking again.
In the 2000s some lady bought a house that was built on top of the old washing pit. Of course they needed a water well. It would be interesting to know the PH of her water. She is having health issues. The guy that ordered the photos said no way in hell would he take a shower at her house, much less drink that water.
When I first stared working here I looked up my house. It was a farmer's wheat field then a developed into neighborhood. No farmer's trash pits, hog farms or anything but a filed for crops and never an oil well close by.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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