The Menasha (Wisconsin) Water Utility wanted to connect the Water Street distribution main on the north side of the Fox River power canal to the River Street main on the south side. The loop would provide another means of distributing water to the narrow dike if officials had to close the main supply valves.Dorner Inc. in Luxemburg, Wisconsin, won the general contractor bid and subcontracted the horizontal directional drill under the canal. After workers bored down 17 feet through clay, they hit solid limestone and stalled. Unable to complete the bore, they filled in the pits and left.Superintendent Todd Dorner
