Firefighters help with dam, spillway inspection at Overland Park lake

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Ever wonder what it looks like under a Johnson County, Kansas, lake?

The Overland Park Fire Department assisted the city’s civil engineer Thursday morning, traveling 20 feet underground and 150 feet into a pipe beneath South Park Lake for a dam and spillway pipe inspection.

The fire department said the city of Overland Park inspects the dam and spillway pipe at South Park Lake every 3 years to ensure it’s operationally sound…

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