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Sewer & Drain History
Lucky Dog Sewer & Drain
5 min read
What Is Inflow & Infiltration, and Why Should Homeowners in Minneapolis and the Western Suburbs Care?

If you own a home in Minneapolis, St. Louis Park, Edina, Hopkins, or elsewhere in the western Twin Cities metro, you’ve might’ve gotten a utility bill...

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Sewer & Drain History
Lucky Dog Sewer & Drain
3 min read
From Mainstreet to the Suburbs: The Sewer Lines Under Hopkins

Hopkins has some of the oldest housing, and some of the oldest sewer lines, in the entire west metro, alongside newer postwar neighborhoods with much...

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Sewer & Drain History
Lucky Dog Sewer & Drain
4 min read
Two Underground Eras: The Story of St. Louis Park's Sewer Lines

When it comes to sewer lines, St. Louis Park is really two different cities. Most of SLP is a postwar suburb with relatively young pipe, but the eastern...

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Sewer & Drain History
Lucky Dog Sewer & Drain
4 min read
A Century Underground: The Sewer Lines of Edina's Country Club and Morningside

Most of Edina is a postwar suburb, built out in the 1950s and 1960s with relatively young sewer lines. But two neighborhoods are a full generation older,...

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Sewer & Drain History
Lucky Dog Sewer & Drain
4 min read
The Sewer Lines Under Southwest Minneapolis: Linden Hills, Fulton, and the Lake Neighborhoods

The neighborhoods around Lake Harriet, Bde Maka Ska, and Lake of the Isles are some of the most beautiful in the city, and some of the oldest continuously...

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Sewer & Drain History
Lucky Dog Sewer & Drain
6 min read
What's Under Your Yard? A Guide to Sewer Pipe Materials and How Long They Last

Most homeowners never think about the pipe that carries everything out of the house, right up until the day it stops working. In the older neighborhoods...