more big stuff from my jobsite. 500 hp pumps serving a small portion of the chilled water. : hvac

When I was kid my dad took me to the shit plant on emergency call.
One of the sewer lift pumps was jammed, and he and another guy had to split the impeller housing to clear it.
Luckily, the pump pit had overhead chain falls, dropped the bolts and lifted the clear.
My dad did not warn me about the hundreds of gallons of water trapped in the diameter pipes and inside the impeller housing that dumped everywhere.
Then he and the other guy unwound 47 pairs of panty hose mixed with used condoms, diapers and tampon applicators from the the impeller, then bolted the whole thing back together in the span of maybe 20 minutes, all while standing in puddle of raw sewage...
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