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London's sewer workers fought the blubbery beast
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Sewer Divers

London's sewer workersfought the blubbery beast for months usinghigh power jet hoses,...

London's sewer workers
fought the blubbery beast for months using
high power jet hoses, picks, shovels, and vacuums
to break it up before trucking it away
to incinerators
20 tons at a time

Full Transcript

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London's sewer workers fought the blubbery beast
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for months using high power jet hoses,
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picks, shovels, and vacuums to break it up
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before trucking it away to incinerators 20 tons at a time.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:31
Uploaded
Apr 20, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
documentary
Production
Anomaly Entertainment

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Movie Summary

An up-close look at the heroes that keep America's sewer systems running.
S01 • E01 [narrator] In Mount Vernon, New York, sewage problems - Sewer Divers 00:07
[narrator] In Mount Vernon, New York, sewage problems
S01 • E04 Over time, those grease traps get clogged - Sewer Divers 00:07
Over time, those grease traps get clogged
S01 • E02 So here is Shaws Cove, and we're gonna go up into the 96 inch pipe, first, - Sewer Divers 00:10
So here is Shaws Cove, and we're gonna go up into the 9...
S01 • E06 The truck gets that first layer of slime and sludge out, - Sewer Divers 00:07
The truck gets that first layer of slime and sludge out,
S01 • E05 Not the problem I thought we would have, - Sewer Divers 00:06
Not the problem I thought we would have,
S01 • E06 [narrator] But there's much more slime and sludge than there should be, - Sewer Divers 00:07
[narrator] But there's much more slime and sludge than ...
S01 • E03 But one chunk of this legendary fatberg still survives. - Sewer Divers 00:07
But one chunk of this legendary fatberg still survives.
S01 • E01 Oh, yeah, that's our morning wake up right there. - Sewer Divers 00:05
Oh, yeah, that's our morning wake up right there.
S01 • E04 [narrator] This particular restaurant's trap - Sewer Divers 00:08
[narrator] This particular restaurant's trap
S01 • E05 [narrator] The lack of water means a larger clog - Sewer Divers 00:09
[narrator] The lack of water means a larger clog
S01 • E02 [narrator] Shaws Cove is a small bay on the south end - Sewer Divers 00:07
[narrator] Shaws Cove is a small bay on the south end
S01 • E03 And it's safely sealed inside a glass case at a London museum. - Sewer Divers 00:06
And it's safely sealed inside a glass case at a London ...
S01 • E04 Rick will have to descend into it - Sewer Divers 00:17
Rick will have to descend into it
S01 • E05 [Rick] So my ROV's the size of a basketball, - Sewer Divers 00:06
[Rick] So my ROV's the size of a basketball,
S01 • E02 The city sits above a 200 year-old network of pipes that transport both sewage - Sewer Divers 00:10
The city sits above a 200 year-old network of pipes that tra...
S01 • E05 It couldn't travel in there - Sewer Divers 00:05
It couldn't travel in there
S01 • E01 I didn't ever think I'll be waking up doing [bleep] - Sewer Divers 00:08
I didn't ever think I'll be waking up doing [bleep...
S01 • E03 [narrator] No one knows how long this clog has been growing, - Sewer Divers 00:08
[narrator] No one knows how long this clog has been growing,
S01 • E01 [narrator] This morning, the crew's on their way - Sewer Divers 00:07
[narrator] This morning, the crew's on their way
S01 • E06 [narrator] The tougher chunks of fat and meat - Sewer Divers 00:08
[narrator] The tougher chunks of fat and meat