Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Water line breaks in Bessemer

By IAN MINIELLY

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BESSEMER - The Bessemer Department of Public Works "knew something was up for a couple of days," according to department head Neal Nelson. DPW workers noticed a higher than normal flow of water coming through the water system, but they did not know where the problem was.

Before the break became evident on Tuesday evening, a resident on the 100 block of East Gold Street called to inform a friend that she was hearing a strange sound coming from her water pipes. When the friend arrived, he cautioned her not to do anything because he thought it was prob...