Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
A WATER line break in the 100 block of East Gold Street in Bessemer on Tuesday evening was responded to by the Bessemer Department of Public Works. The DPW assessed the leak, dug through the frost line to expose the line and cut out the damaged pipe to repair the leak Wednesday morning. It only took the DPW about 2.5 hours to repair the line and fill in the hole.
By IAN MINIELLY
BESSEMER - The Bessemer Department of Public Works "knew something was up for a couple of days," according to department head Neal Nelson. DPW workers noticed a higher than normal flow of water coming through the water system, but they did not know where the problem was.
Before the break became evident on Tuesday evening, a resident on the 100 block of East Gold Street called to inform a friend that she was hearing a strange sound coming from her water pipes. When the friend arrived, he cautioned her not to do anything because he thought it was p...
