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'A little spooky and very dark': Inside Overland Park spillway pipe

Name: 'A little spooky and very dark': Inside Overland Park spillway pipe
Uploaded: 2026-07-30T21:57:01.000Z
Duration: 1 min 49 s
Channel: Kansas City Star
Description: An Overland Park civil engineer and engineering technician crawled 150 feet through a spillway pipe 20 feet beneath South Park Lake to inspect the narrow pipe. The city inspects the narrow pipe and dam at the park every three years to ensure they are sound. The Overland Park Fire Department assisted in the inspection to train firefighters on confined-space communications.

An Overland Park civil engineer and engineering technician crawled 150 feet through a spillway pipe 20 feet beneath South Park Lake to inspect the narrow pipe. The city inspects the narrow pipe and dam at the park every three years to ensure they are sound. The Overland Park Fire Department assisted in the inspection to train firefighters on confined-space communications.

By Kansas City Star

Published July 30, 2026

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