Water flooded a manhole at the corner of Boylston and Mt. Auburn Streets and caused a "primary feeder" to fail at 11:40 p.m. last night disrupting service for over three hours throughout a large area along Massachusett's Avenue west of Lindon St.
No Harvard dormitories were affected because Harvard has its own private line running directly from the Cambridge power plant on Memorial Drive.
A crew of workmen pumped out the sewer and repaired the underground cable, restoring service at approximately 8:05 a.m. this morning.
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