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It’s a great week to be in Charleston!
With today’s GOP primary in SC, the past two weeks have been filled with political candidates and news cameras. Last Saturday, I saw Mitt Romney walking down Market Street. On Sunday night, Newt Gingrich had drinks at Joe Pasta. On Thursday, I stood in the front row at a rally for Ron Paul. And then yesterday, as the culmination of all the political events of the week, Stephen Colbert drew out over 3,000 students for his “Rock Me Like A Herman Cain” rally in the College of Charleston Cistern. The rally was a truly awesome experience. You gotta love Charleston.
-T
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It’s a great week to be in Charleston!
With today’s GOP primary in SC, the past two weeks have been filled with political candidates and news cameras. Last Saturday, I saw Mitt Romney walking down Market Street. On Sunday night, Newt Gingrich had drinks at Joe Pasta. On Thursday, I stood in the front row at a rally for Ron Paul. And then yesterday, as the culmination of all the political events of the week, Stephen Colbert drew out over 3,000 students for his “Rock Me Like A Herman Cain” rally in the College of Charleston Cistern. The rally was a truly awesome experience. You gotta love Charleston.
-T
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Throughout San Francisco, 175 underground cisterns still exist as part of a dedicated fire emergency system developed in 1908. Most of them can be identified by a distinctive brick circle on the road.
Following the 1906 earthquake, the Auxiliary Water Supply System (AWSS) - a separate and distinct water supply system for fire protection use only - was built. The system includes dedicated reservoirs, pump stations, fireboats, cisterns and hydrants. The cisterns are disconnected from the network, with no pipes, in the event of major damage to the distribution system.
Top photo: Robin Scheswohl, Bottom left Paul Mison, bottom right mailgirl333
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