Fall Clean Up

Minneapolis City workers sweep up the leaves from the streets to keep them from going into the stormsewer, and therefore, from going into our lakes and the Mississippi River, where they would add overwhelming anounts of organic matter.

Photo:  Jo Ann Musumeci

Street Talk

I find these utility markings to be fascinating.  Red indicates electric power lines while blue indicates drinking water.  That blue outlined object looks like a manhole cover to me, which I thought would be the sewer line--that's supposed to be green.  I haven't found a 'glossary' of what the different lines mean.

Photo:  Jo Ann Musumeci

electric power lines, cables, conduit, and lighting cables