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Similar to Chicago's clay gas lines from the mid-1800s. Crazy to think that some of that infrastructure is still in place.
by pdx_flyer 8y ago
Similar to Chicago's clay gas lines from the mid-1800s. Crazy to think that some of that infrastructure is still in place.
- caymanjim 8y agoStories about wooden water lines come up pretty regularly. In every instance I've read about, they're not in use; they're just still buried, alongside the iron pipes that replaced them long, long ago. That makes sense to me; they would probably lay new iron pipes along the same route, burying them as they went, and only disconnect the wood pipes after the iron pipes were in place. No sense removing the wood as they went.
- Moru 8y agoAnd then we have the leadpipes still in use. Better check if your house has new pipes or still using the lead pipes. https://apps.npr.org/find-lead-pipes-in-your-home/en/#pipe-explainer https://apps.npr.org/find-lead-pipes-in-your-home/en/#pipe-e...