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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.