On This Date in Minnesota History: October 19

October 19, 1918 – “According to the Minneapolis Daily News [on this date], Virginia [Minn.] had ‘the biggest sewage purification plant in the world,’ built at a cost of $125,000. It is, without doubt, the largest in the state.”

http://zenithcity.com/zenith-city-history-archives/minnesotas-arrowhead/the-history-of-virginia-minnesota-through-1922/

Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain Nov. 12, 2012,

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