The Grate Mystery is Solved!

The "grate" mystery is solved, it was determined to be a field tile or drainage pipe from the 1950's. It is quite a bit deeper then we thought, so after evaluating our options it was decided to leave it be.

However I was unwilling to leave it in the state that it was in here. So the public works department came up with a grate that was attached to the top that allows it to function and be safe as well! It is quite strong as you can see, since it is being load tested to 180 lbs by Public Works employee Mark Kilarski in this picture.

Kind of an interesting type of problem to work on, I enjoy these type of things since you can really make a difference on something seemingly minor yet potentially dangerous!