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Manhole cover removed with a long pole on a hook and ready for the camera’s trip 10-feet down into the manhole and along the 300-foot sewer inspection in an alley on Jefferson and Payne in Alexandria.

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Alexandria People At Work: Robotic Camera Inspects Sewers

Finding roots, rats and clogs.

The large white van backs up to the upstream manhole in the alley at Jefferson and Payne. It will take Keith Kehter, about 10 minutes to set up the inspection site with bright orange cones, drag out the hose and cable and warm up the program on the computer.

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