Pipe, Water
- Object Name:
- Pipe, Water
- Object ID:
- 1989.018
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Description:
- Water pipes, pair. Tar-covered wood. From East Concord, NH. Dug up during installation of new water pipes. 1.5" diameter hole drilled full length of each. ~4" outside diameter. One end of each cut down to 2.5" outside diameter and hole in other end enlarged to 2.5" so that sections fit together. Tar very dry and crumbling.
1. Wooden water pipe, 93" long, 3.75" diam. Wood much more weathered and lighter in weight than other section, as it has lost much of its tar covering.
2. Wooden water pipe, 86.5" long, 4" diam. Tar covering mostly intact. - Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- L-93 Dia-4 inches
- Provenance:
- Acquired by donor c. 1982 from Hiram Gardner (d. 1988), a former Abbot-Downing employee, of East Concord, NH, who apparently discovered them when the city was installing new water pipes.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Fred N. Osgood
- Subjects:
- Water pipes, Water supply
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