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San Francisco Cisterns

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Interesting article:

 

“It's a concrete vault, underneath the ground,” says Ken Lombardi, Assistant Deputy Chief with the San Francisco Fire Department.

The vaults are called cisterns – and they’re full of water.

“This is our emergency water supply,” Lombardi explains. “As long as we pull that manhole cover, there'll be 75,000 gallons of water for us.”

FULL ARTICLE: http://kalw.org/post/whats-beneath-those-brick-circles-san-francisco-intersections#stream/0

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