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Workers Clear 1,000 Tons of Fat From London Sewer

By Hugh CollinsJul 14th 2010 – 3:11PM
Stewart Turkington, AFP / Getty Images

Stewart Turkington, AFP / Getty Images

(July 14) -- Sewer workers have cleared out 1,000 tons of compressed fat and trash from beneath London's Leicester Square, a tourist hot spot and venue for glitzy movie premieres. Workers clad in overalls with masks and gloves shoveled out enough gunk to fill nine of London's iconic double-decker buses, utility Thames...

Background on leicester square

Leicester Square is a pedestrianised square in the West End of London, England. The Square lies within an area bound by Lisle Street , to the north; Charing Cross Road, to the east; Orange Street, to the south; and Whitcomb Street, to the west.

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