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To: SunkenCiv

In the midwest we had orangeburge. Rolls of tar paper like piping I believe taped together.


27 posted on 05/29/2025 6:53:17 AM PDT by Mean Daddy
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To: Mean Daddy

Yup, that was a ten-year substitute for cast iron sewer pipes, during WWII, when iron/steel was needed for the war effort. And kudos, most people have never heard of it, I have, but have never seen one in inventory (used ones have long since been replaced).


28 posted on 05/29/2025 6:59:06 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (The moron troll Ted Holden believes that humans originated on Ganymede.)
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