If you work in an old city with centuries-old infrastructure, you may have dug up, or at least seen, a piece of old wooden pipe. Little is known today about how it was put together, what tools were used and what installation methods were practiced.That is until now.THE ORIGINSThe colonists were aware of the use of wooden pipes. Logs had been drilled out previously in London in the early 1600s. The logs here were usually 6 inches in diameter and cut to lengths of 12 feet — bored through the center. Even though the practice of installing wooden piping was
