Documentary History of American Water-works

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Technology Wyckoff Wooden Water Pipe Installations of Wyckoff Wooden Water Pipe

Installations of Wyckoff Wooden Water Pipes


#
City
State
Year
Notes
1 Elmira NY 1860 Built by Arcalous Wyckoff of Elmira, and Isaac S. Hobbie and Lansing B. Swan of Rochester. 

Auburn
NY 1864 The Auburn Water Works Company contracted with Isaac S. Hobbie to provide and install pipes, but for some reason he was unable to do so.
2 Oil City PA 1865
3 Hollidaysburg PA 1867 John A. Woodward and Thomas B. Farrington of Williamsport.
4 Crestline OH 1870
5 Tyrone PA 1870 Woodward & Co. of Williamsport.
6 Bay City MI 1872 16 miles, Northwestern Gas and Water Pipe Company
7
Big Rapids MI 1872 Unsatisfactory, replaced by cast iron before 1882
8 Middletown NY 1872 2,277 feet of 8-inch pipe
9 Bellaire OH 1872
10 Dansville NY 1873 4 and 6 inch pipes in addition to larger wood stave pipes.
11 Augusta ME 1873 The logs used for conducting the water are of Michigan Pine and are manufactured in Elmira, New York.
12
Saginaw MI 1873 13.5 miles
13 Bellevue OH 1873 2.5 miles
14 South Bend IN 1873 17¼ miles of Wyckoff pipes in 1881
15 Union City IN 1874
16 Tioga PA 1874
17
Tecumseh
MI
1877

18
Cadillac MI 1878 5½ miles of pipe
19
Constantine MI 1878 5 miles of pipe
20 New Carlisle IN 1879 2 miles of Wyckoff wood pipes
21 Alpena MI 1879 16 miles by 1888; 27 miles by 1910.  After installing some cast-iron pipe in 1905, the city decided to continue using Wyckoff pipe.
22 Evart MI 1879
23 Holly MI 1879 3 miles
24 Lyons MI 1879
25 Port Huron MI 1879
26 Portland MI 1879
27 Saint Louis MI 1880
28 Wadsworth OH 1880
29 Grand Haven MI 1882
30
Ionia MI 1883 18 miles by 1899
31 Lorain OH 1884 Michigan Pipe Company.
32 Plainwell MI 1885 Replaced cast iron pipes
33 Boscawen NH 1893 Michigan Pipe Company.
34
Schaefferstown PA 1909 Leaked badly, replaced within three years.


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