At the foot of Grandview Drive, which Teddy Roosevelt famously dubbed “the world’s most beautiful drive,” Greater Peoria Sanitary District engineers are doing something pretty attractive in its own right. They are filling a nearly-75-year-old brick building with 21st-century sewer pumping components to make the Illinois district’s sewer system more efficient and reliable.
The pumping station was constructed in 1949 — more than three decades after the 26th U.S. president made his observation about the scenic drive — and it has served the sanitary system well. However, it was last upgraded about 40 years ago and district officials concluded it was
