Brightest Young Things: "Hidden in plain sight: the McMillan Sand Reservoir sand filtration site"

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HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT: THE MCMILLAN RESERVOIR SAND FILTRATION SITE
MAY 19, 2014 | 9:00AM
By Jonny Grave

There’s really nothing down here. There’s just sand, brick, and the tiniest flickers of sunlight from the cracks in the walls. There’s an eerie quiet, too. The space I’m in is exactly one acre square, which you’d think would have some kind of echo. Instead, the sand under my feet swallows sound like the toxins it absorbed from the reservoir’s drinking water in the the early 1900′s. What I am doing is extremely dangerous and extremely illegal.
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