Some of the text which appears on the sewer covers:
42,803 miles of power and communication cables under Hill Street Avenida. Enough cable to circle Mars 10 times.
Los Angeles County. 38,753 streets under your souls.
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Under your souls. Shoveled in the 1920s and 1930s by workers paid a dollar a day. 5000 miles of storm drain channels. The distance from Los Angeles to New York and back again.
View of the sewer covers, Hill Street Avenida: ![]()
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