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Vol. 130 No. 7 Friday, April 27, 2012
www.minnedosatribune.com
90 cents + taxMinnedosa, Manitoba Canada R0J 1E0
inside
Volunteers
clean-up
New tourism
signs
in place
6
10
this week
Opening
May 1st, 2012
Friday, May 11th
& Saturday, May 12th
Photo by Darryl Holyk
A tangled mess o rebar and concrete is pictured as Clint Mofat watches his son, Brook removedemolition debris rom the south resevoir o Minnedosas original water treatment plant.
Original water plant demolished
Rolled and
abandoned
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By DARRYL HOLYK
he owns frst watertreatment plant, lo-cated along 2nd Ave. N.E.behind Valley Motor Lodge
was under demolition thisweek. Clint Moat andSons were awarded the job
by own Council at a pricetag o $37,500 plus GS.Work began last Friday
by removing earth that wascovering the south reser-
voir. T e old treatment
plant had two reservoirs one on the north and oneon the south sides o the
main building. Monday,demolition o the southreservoir began using a
large jack hammer on atrack-hoe to break-up thethick concrete roo and
walls o the reservoirs. Tislet a tangled mess o rebarand concrete to be cleaned
up and hauled osite.T e water treatment
plant was built by James
Quinn Construction o
Winnipeg during 1952-53. Te installation o the
communitys waterworksand sewage project wascompleted or $385,000,
a small cry rom what asimilar project would costtoday. In the October 15,
1953 edition oTe Tribuneit is reported that Quinnhad 18 men working on the
water and sewer installa-tion project with two back-hoes, one dragline and two
bulldozers.T e old treatment
plant was the scene o
the o cial opening oMinnedosas waterworks
project. T is event tookplace on December 10th,
1953 at 3 p.m. when thenManitoba Premier Doug-las L. Campbell opened
the valve at the plant toturn on the water to supply
the community. About 175people were reported in
attendance at the openingceremony which was ol-
lowed by a banquet at theLegion Hall in which some250 residents attended.
own Foreman, ArnoldGraham was Minnedosas
f rst water plant operator.Lyle Cooper started work-
ing there in 1959.Te plant served the
community or only tenyears and was closed in1963 when the wells north
o the gol course were dugand the water treatment
plant just south o todaysHusky plant was commis-
sioned. Tis plant under-went a major upgrade and
expansion a ew years backand continues to serve thecommunity, along with a
second water treatmentplant located east o the
gol course which was builtin the mid-1990s.
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