Water pipe break on Rockland’s South Main St. forces closures, detours
Crews from Maine Water Company dig around a problematic water piper on South Main Street between Harbor Park and 250 Main. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
By 10:30 a.m water from an underground pipe had already caused significant flooding. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Water from the street above flowed toward the Harbor Master’s office. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Gravity sends gurgling water underneath the snow and into Harbor Park. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
A streak through the snow traces the route of a flow of water down an embankment. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Slushy, icy conditions into the lower parking lot. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Crews from Maine Water Company dig around a problematic water piper on South Main Street between Harbor Park and 250 Main. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
By 10:30 a.m water from an underground pipe had already caused significant flooding. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Water from the street above flowed toward the Harbor Master’s office. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Gravity sends gurgling water underneath the snow and into Harbor Park. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
A streak through the snow traces the route of a flow of water down an embankment. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Slushy, icy conditions into the lower parking lot. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
ROCKLAND – The portion of Main Street in Rockland between Myrtle and Pleasant streets is temporarily closed as crews work to repair a break in a water main. Currently, motorists are following detours into the side neighborhood, and drivers later in the day may find lane closures at other locations as workers spend the afternoon, if not into the night, rectifying the problem.
As of 2 p.m., members of Maine Water Company had not yet found the break that caused a large pool of water to surface on the road opposite 250 Main Street.
Runoff from that pool of water, which Rockland Police reported to the Knox County Communications Center (911 dispatch) before 8 a.m., has been flowing down the embankment into Harbor Park ever since.
Temperature predictions from the previous night dipped into the negative teens in the Midcoast area before returning to single digits through today.
Reach Sarah Thompson at news@penbaypilot.com
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