Water Main Break, Main Street, 7/16/13

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Video, pictures below.  Note the old cobblestone and several layers of asphalt on top.

As I was leaving at about 10:30, United Water was turning the water back on. I'm told the road, closed between Passaic and Anderson, will be open by the end of the day.

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Hackensack water main break closes part of Main Street
Tuesday July 16, 2013, 9:01 AM
BY  JEFF GREEN AND TARIQ ZEHAWI
STAFF WRITERS
NorthJersey.com

HACKENSACK — A one-block section of Main Street is closed to traffic as workers repair a water main that broke this morning and flooded the basements of a few businesses.

The water main burst on Main between Passaic and Ward streets shortly after 2:30 a.m., Jonathan Sklar, who owns two businesses on the block, said.

Sklar said he was awoken by a call from the fire department about the water main break. He rushed to the area and has been pumping out the water that had spilled into his buildings.

“Water was flying out of the gutters, the curbs, the sidewalks,” he said.

The basement of one of the businesses, EmbroidMe, filled with two feet of water, he said. He has not been able to assess the damage.

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