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The coolest photo you'll ever see of a sewage-treatment plant

Deer Island as work of art.

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Deer Island has also gotten

By pierce | Tue, 11/03/2009 - 2:45pm

Deer Island has also gotten the WPA-ish graphics treatment from the NPS.... http://shop.islandalliance.org/PhotoGallery.asp?ProductCode=4500

I have the Deer Island postcard prominently displayed on my desk at work, it's beautiful!

Did you mean, Deer Island,

By anon (not verified) | Tue, 11/03/2009 - 5:48pm

Did you mean, Deer Island, as work o' fart (a reference to what the eggs are full of)?

Great pic!

By Route 66 | Tue, 11/03/2009 - 11:52pm

Living in Winthrop I spent a lot of time running on the paths around the plant. I always thought of the egg digesters as looking like a large space station. Yep, a little whiffy on those hot summer afternoons but worth it for the glorious views. Go out after dark and watch the headlights on the aircraft all lined up like a string of diamonds - way cool. On my last trip back to Boston it was the first thing I looked for on the descent.

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