[talk-ph] Geo mystery: What is this weird northeast line running from San Juan to Montalban?

[Eugene Alvin Villar]

More research confirming the water pipeline theory:

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1) http://www.lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2000/jun2000/gr_109111_2000.html

Quote: "Long before World War II, MWSS buried a 42-inch diameter steel
aqueduct pipeline under the subject parcels of land. The pipeline drew
water from the Wawa Dam in Montalban, Rizal to the Balara Filters in
Quezon City. Fifteen (15) kilometers long, it ran through the
municipalities of Montalban, San Mateo and Marikina."

The MWSS property in Balara <http://osm.org/go/4zhTl11z?m> does indeed
lie close to the "line".

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2) http://inquiry.theguidon.com/2009/08/service-for-the-settlers/

Quote: "Daan Tubo and Ronas Garden are owned by Manila Water Services
and Meralco, respectively."

Daan Tubo in this case is the informal settler area along Katipunan
beside UP Diliman <http://osm.org/go/4zhTkJ36H-->.

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Mystery closed?

I must say that I find it amazing that this unused pipeline still
shows it's presence even to this day in the form of roads, barangay
boundaries, and informal settlers. :-D


On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 10:36 PM, maning sambale
<emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com> wrote:
> This would be my guess as well.
> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 10:24 PM, Eugene Alvin Villar <seav80 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 2) This is a water pipeline.
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