Rare discovery made while excavating home near trendy St. Louis neighborhood

Construction crews are working to fill in a 15-foot hole that was discovered underneath a home in Dogtown near Manchester. The hole is an old cistern believed to date back to the late 1880s. They also found a mine.

[andrewdunagan]

Nice discovery, but the why you would you compare that brick structure to those in the pictures is a bit baffling. Click bait all the way.

[jreese]

In the 1800s, the inside of their water tank was more decorative than most things today.

[outoftheforest]

Ok.. so I am seeing all these images of grand columns and beautiful underground and these are being shared as though THAT is what is underneath St SLouis.... (and Kansas)... but this news story is weaselly .. those are images of cisterns probably in Rome or Europe!.. NOT St Louis... Bad click bait.

[mpmfr]

I know frustrating for budgets and schedules but I Love hearing about these finds in my hometown. 😊👍

[conwayconway]

I'm 46...and we had one them growing up... remember using out houses too..back in late70's through mid 80's👍those were the days...party line telephones, no computers...hell yeah

[dalegray]

I just retired from a career of cultural resource survey. I have seen thousands of these brick-lined cisterns. Indeed, I have one next to my house with a shallow well drilled at the bottom. Cistern and well still very much in use.

[jeremycoffman]

That's strange because on McCausland years ago right past Manchester where the Big lots is in Walgreens the street sink and cars fell down into it I'm not sure how long the street was closed but I remember it back before the 2000s

[JohnnyRingo]

Grew up in St Louis, lived there 40 years many wonderful memories, Sorry to say i wouldn't want to live there ever again

[cameronr]

I know of at least 2 cisterns in old town st. Charles that are still functioning but not used

[GeezerGramps]

I grew up near Manchester & McCausland & that’s not dog town. Dog town is up on the other end of McCausland by Forest park. Lived in a 4 family flat just north of McCausland & Plateau & there was a cave entrance across the alley behind the flat. The entrance was closed with concrete. Don’t know if it’s still published but there used to be a book that showed the location & history of the caves & mines in STL. Always heard that Dewey school was sitting over an old mine.

[mikeymike]

Ain't no giants in there 😂😂 how you sleep at night

[johnnyfreedom]

If you live in an older City, you never know what's under your feet!

[wolfywolfsda]

I found a cistern under my house. I dug it out and found bottles and bits of pottery like the ones in this cistern.

[outoftheforest]

and while those are definitely nice bottles.. those are very common in places like this.. folks uncover those things all the time.. it isn't like Gold or anything.

[zombiegirlfanter]

😧😧😧😧Wow. The history can't be hidden forever.

[heatherhopfinger]

one thing you do not want to find a gate to you know where truth

[allenkranawetter]

My parents old house is 3643 Iowa. Had a sister near the back porch. You can see the outline through the hallway going outside from the basement

[giuseppegaribaldi]

very bad click bait, pictures shown are not from the real discovery here

[MrYfrank]

Don't bother.
Clickbait.
The cistern is smaller than a car.

[heatherhopfinger]

Kind of like Ghost Whisper check the old maps of the city who knows what you will find underneath truth