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I recall reading that during aome street works in the circa 1990s they discovered some 16th Century (?) wooden drinking water piping still in use... The develo

I recall reading that during aome street works in the circa 1990s they discovered some 16th Century (?) wooden drinking water piping still in use... The development of the water supply and sewerage in London is super interesting. See e.g. The New River Company and also The Great Stink.

Spooky23 4y ago
My wife did some work at a municipal water utility and they did find some wooden pipes in service in the early 2000s. The active ones are all gone, but they still find buried ones, especially around an old reservoir that was in the downtown area.