Work is being done on the sewer line collapse in Steubenville.The lifespan of a 36-inch brick sewer line was reached.“These are unheard of today,” Steubenville ...

Local historian Susan Wineberg said the brick structure under Main and Liberty looks too large to be a sewer and she suspects it was a cistern. “I wish we could have gotten them to stop and let ...

In the 1978 case, utility officials said a leaking water line and soil erosion led to the formation of the sinkhole. A brick sewer located about "30 feet below the surface" collapsed from the ...

The three-layer brick sewer was installed in 1866 and repairs were made to it in 1989, however due to the aging materials, the small breaks and heavy rain created a large hole 10 feet by 15 feet ...