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Send us a textKlaas W. Brandt was a teenage runaway who didn’t want to follow in the farming footsteps of his parents and family. Instead, he studied engineering and had a hand in building the 156 kilometre-long Shoal Lake aqueduct, a huge pipeline that continues to bring safe drinking water to Winnipeg over 100 years later.Your donations help preserve and share stories like this one! Make a gift here or call 204.560.1998.Find out more by visiting the Mennonite Heritage Archives website - https://www.mharchives.ca/ Follow the Mennonite Heritage Archives on Instagram and Facebook.
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