A Topeka Fire Department cistern built in 1878 was uncovered Tuesday by workers doing excavation for an underground water line project linked to the replacement of downtown Topeka’s Polk-Quincy Viaduct. … Topeka Fire Marshal Alan Stahl said he found an online Topeka Daily Commonwealth article dated June 28, 1878, telling of how construction was progressing rapidly on that cistern, which was intended to have a capacity of “1,000 barrels.”
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