Vintage work crew photos

**Toolmaker51** · Jun 9, 2019, 03:16 PM

Originally Posted by Jon

Venice disposes sewage into its famous canals. It's swept out by tides twice-daily. It has modernized somewhat, but this practice is still common: https://www.venipedia.org/wiki/index...ewage_disposal

Hmmmmmm. Not one single travel poster illustrated that. Ever.

**mklotz** · Jun 9, 2019, 03:53 PM

Originally Posted by Toolmaker51

Hmmmmmm. Not one single travel poster illustrated that. Ever.

Chuckle. Good one.

**ranald** · Jun 9, 2019, 06:04 PM

Originally Posted by Jon

Venice disposes sewage into its famous canals. It's swept out by tides twice-daily. It has modernized somewhat, but this practice is still common: https://www.venipedia.org/wiki/index...ewage_disposal

Reminds me of one of the most iconic beaches (Bondi) in the sixties: some sort of blockage, bankup, blowout or overflow. When I advised my dad of the untreated logs, he told me it was like it in the thirties. Guess they have fixed it by now..........

**Jon** · Jun 10, 2019, 03:13 PM

I wonder if there is a Venetian version of Paris syndrome, in which people experience extreme shock when they discover that the famous Venice canals are actually sewers. I admit it was shocking just reading about it on the net.

**ranald** · Jun 10, 2019, 04:02 PM

Originally Posted by Jon

I wonder if there is a Venetian version of Paris syndrome, in which people experience extreme shock when they discover that the famous Venice canals are actually sewers. I admit it was shocking just reading about it on the net.

i reckon there would be esp if "it" was discovered the day after falling overboard from a gondola while in a loving embrace.

**Jon** · Jun 10, 2019, 10:52 PM

Glenelg Railway company workers. Australia, 1880.

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**Hoosiersmoker** · Jun 11, 2019, 06:54 AM

Originally Posted by Toolmaker51

Canal cleaning? First off, who accepts the water drained away. Then, old as Venice is, tells me sewage collects as well. And to the mid-left; spectators?

Probably the relief crew. I doubt those guys could dig that s6!t for very long. Probably switched out pretty frequently I would think.

There is one VERY happy guy that LOVES his work there in the middle. Probably got promoted from shovel-er to cart pusher.

**baja** · Jun 11, 2019, 08:20 AM

Which one is Mike Rowe?

**Loose Ctrl** · Jun 11, 2019, 08:43 AM

I'm not trying to be mean but the truth is the truth. Italy and the surrounding areas are some pretty vile places to go due to there lack of waste treatment. Not much has changed since the days of horses and carriages for their waste management.