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Word: sewermen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...weeks. Driving vans, they transported their equipment, including six torches, 27 oxyacetylene bottles and several heavy hydraulic jacks, to Nice's Palais des Expositions, roughly a mile from the Place Massena, the town center. There they dismantled crash barriers that blocked access to an underground roadway built for sewermen alongside the River Paillon, which runs below street level through the middle of town. Following the road to a point near the Place Massena, they connected with a sewerage line that led about 440 yds. to a point 30 ft. from the bank's strong room. Then they laid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Bank Heist of the Century | 8/2/1976 | See Source »

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