Irish shantytown dig turns up 150-year old rosary beads 150-year-old rosary beads, remnants of a clay pipe and several iron nails have been found on the excavation site of a former pre-famine era Irish shanty town in Lowell, Massachusetts.
June 29, 2013 - Irish Central
Rail construction closing roads across city in weeks ahead Last week’s closure of Monroe Street was only a preview of road closures related to light-rail construction through Milwaukie. Since roads had to be torn up anyway for light rail, Milwaukie’s Clay Pipe Project on Monroe Street replaced vitrified pipes susceptible to chemical attack at their joints. Public Works crews ...
June 24, 2013 - Portland Tribune