A Princeton works crew got a jolt recently when it started digging at the fairgrounds.
“I thought at first we found a coffin,” said infrastructure director Michael Mazurek.
“I was with Paul Bedard and we both thought it looked creepy.”
As it turned out, the men were looking at a very old septic tank made of wood.
While Mazurek said he hasn’t seen infrastructure like this before “they used to use wood for water pipes…they used what they had.”
The septic tank servicing the arena at the fairgrounds is no longer functioning and the matter of its replacement was raised at Monday night’s council meeting by acting mayor Doug Pateman, who is council’s representative on the Princeton Exhibition Association.
Mazurek said the cost of replacing the tank could be at least $15,000 and an alternative plan would be to hook that location to the town’s sewer system.
“It’s extremely possible,” he said.
Mazurek will report back to council at a later date on costs associated with the move, and recommendations.