Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1907 — Wooden Water Mains. [ARTICLE]

Wooden Water Mains.

Somewhat like returning to first principles and methods which had apparent* ly been outgrown and discarded seems the import of an article by Andre* Swickard which recently appeared In the .California Journal of Technology, regard* the use of wooden pipes for conveying water. He says that the use of wood* en pipes has been greatly extended in recent years, a number of long linos having been built in the East, where it has found favor with the engineers, and that in America it is in use from Alaska to Peru. Its employment is, of course, subject to some limitations, especially where it is necessary to withstand a very high pressure. The pipe now used is not made like that of long ago, from bored logs, the modern wooden pipe being built from staves fastened together with metal clips. In favor of wood it is urged that the interior of the pipe does not deteriorate as where iron is used, end that it is from 30 to 50 per cent cheaper than riveted steel.