Documentary History of American Water-works

Introduction Historical Background Chronology Geography Biography Technology Ownership and Financing General Bibliography

Technology Wood Save Water Pipe Installations of  Wood Stave Water Pipe

Installations of Wood Stave Water Pipes


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 City
 State
 Year
 Notes
1 Chicago IL 1853 An inlet pipe, made of pine staves, thirty inches diameter, is extended into Lake Michigan, a distance of six hundred feet

Elmira NY 1860 Several articles starting in 1916 mention installation of wood stave pipes in Elmira, but no specific evidence had been found to confirm this.  The original piping was Wyckoff wood piping using made by boring wood logs and banding them. 
2 Rochester NY 1870 16¼ miles of 24-inch wood stave pipe were installed, but was a failure.
3 Bay City MI 1872 4 miles long, 30-inches diameter; 386 feet of 18 inch diameter
4 Dansville NY 1873 2 miles of 10-inch wood stave pipe banded with iron and coated with asphalt, made by Hobbie, Ayrault & Co.
5 Middletown NY 1873 3½ miles long, 12-inch diameter made by Hobbie, Ayrault & Co.
6 Manchester NH 1874 600-foot long, 6-foot diameter wood stave pipe designed by John T. Fanning.
7 Ottawa ON 1874 30-inch
8 Tioga PA 1874 6-inch conduit of banded staves
9 Grand Rapids MI 1875 1,800 foot pine staves banded with iron
10 Toronto ON 1875 4 foot diameter
11 Dallas TX 1876 36-inch diameter, about 3 miles long
12 Denver CO 1884 48-inch, 15,480 feet long | Picture of pipe construction
13 Astoria OR 1892 7½ mile wood-stave conduit 18-inches in diameter.
14 San Diego CA 1906 40-inch, 20 miles wood stave pipeline operated until 1930
15 Lynchburg VA 1907 99,000 feet of 30-inch wood stave pipe.
16 Logan UT 1915 5 miles, 16 to 24 inches diameter
17 Watervliet NY 1918 20 miles of 20 inch wood stave pipe


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