Is such a thing even possible? Yes, it is.
Posted on 05/28/2025 9:08:30 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Belga News Agency reports that modern construction work beneath the Brusselsestraat in Leuven unearthed a rare and remarkably well-preserved Roman wooden water pipe, which the city council has described as a "unique and exceptional find." The conduit was located about 13 feet beneath the level of the modern city street. Extending between 65 and 100 feet long, the pipeline was constructed from hollow tree trunks measuring around six feet each. While similar features have been found in other Belgian cities such as Tienen and Tongeren, they have typically been very badly decayed. Archaeologists believe that the pipe was installed sometime between the first and the third century a.d., although forthcoming tree ring analysis will determine its exact date. The find suggests that the site was once a prosperous Roman settlement, as sophisticated engineering and infrastructure of this kind was commonly reserved for higher-status towns.
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That was some crapachino he drank...
Must have gone to a Starbucks..................
Kenny wasn’t born until like 20 years after this pipe even got installed...
Is such a thing even possible? Yes, it is.
My pleasure, and thanks for the kind remarks!!
I watched the local gubmint replace the last ones on Main, there was a hole where the street for the old biz section is, and several of them were hosed down, dried off, and preserved in the museum. The cross street's wood pipes were replaced about thirty or so years earlier. If it ain't broke... :^)
In the midwest we had orangeburge. Rolls of tar paper like piping I believe taped together.
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).
I didn’t know that and it makes sense that they would use it during the war effort. Years ago, we had the waste line from our house to our septic tank replaced and it was cobbled together with clay tile, cast iron and orangeburg. Septic guy was an old timer & he knew what it was.
Yeah, the guy would have to have been. :^)
Heck, those Roman water pipes look like they could still be serviceable.
Wood that I look that good when I’m that age.
Good one! :)
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