Sentence examples for broken culverts from inspiring English sources

The Commonwealth Games were around the corner and Delhi was a city of broken culverts, dug-up roads, half-built bus stops and hurriedly whitewashed public spaces.

When the pipeline broke, about 21,000 gallons of Exxon's crude oil spilled down a culvert and into the Pacific Ocean near Refugio State Beach.

While other homeless people slept in cars or under culverts, Renee ended up living in an abandoned elevator shaft until her water broke.

There also has been work on culverts in the northern part of the canyon.

"We're actually relocating culverts," Mr. Pelletier said.

But dams and clogged culverts have blocked many spawning routes.

The program was intended to keep insurgents from planting bombs in roadside drainage culverts by covering the culverts with thick metal grates.

For instance, after flooding from Hurricane Irene washed out many culverts in Vermont last year, many towns built bigger culverts to handle future floods.

The swamps and creeks that radiate from Lake Erie have been drained and trapped in culverts.

More than 5,000 manholes, culverts and drains have been checked and sealed.

For instance, she said, Vermont officials want to replace the old culverts with bigger ones.