You never know what you might find while digging in the dirt. A guy in England just uncovered $1.9 million in gold coins. Dinosaur bones and fossils are often unearthed in other parts of the world. It all pales in comparison to what we’ve found at the Scioto Mile . . .

It’s a 14-foot wide sewer pipe –that’s a big one. According to MSI project manager Darren Meyer, it’s big enough to drive a car through it.

So, what do you do with a 14-foot pipe (besides drive the minivan through)? Well, this pipe’s going to be extended and rerouted to better conform to the evolving shape of the Scioto River. Then, like all good treasures, it’ll be buried again.

The pipe work is being laid for the Bicentennial Park Fountain

While the sewer pipe is designed to move storm water back to the river, there’s plenty of other pipe news in the Construction Zone. Down at Bicentennial Park, on view are literally miles of piping: power line pipes, supply water pipes, return pipes, overflow pipes and even fog pipes. It’s an astounding maze of connections forming the foundation for the fountain and the park’s amenities, and the spaghetti-like network lies exposed until the next phase of construction.

Sure, it’s not as massive as the sewer pipe, but this little pipe network will make a mighty impact on the downtown landscape.

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