Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1889 — Thawing Out Frozen Pipes. [ARTICLE]

Thawing Out Frozen Pipes.

F. H. Shelton tells how he thawed out frozen gas pipes: I took oft from over pipe some five or six inches, just a cruat of earth, then put a couple of bushels of nine in the space, poured water over it and slacked it, and then put canvas over tfeat and rocks on the canvas, so as to keep the' wind from getting underneath. Next morning, on returning there, I fonnd that the frost bad been drawn out from /the ground for nearly three feet. Yon can appreciate what an advantage that was, for, picking through frozen ground with the thermometer below zero, is no joke, f’ince then we have tried it several times. It is ah excellent plan if you have time enough to let the lime work. >