Log Jam: Crew Discovers Civil War-Era Water Pipes

Work crew discovers a piece of history in Bangor, Maine, while installing a water main.
Log Jam: Crew Discovers Civil War-Era Water Pipes
Markings on a segment of wooden water pipe in Bangor, Maine, indicate the log was registered on Dec. 22, 1862, and suggest the pipeline is about 150 years old. (photo credit: Bangor Water District)

A work crew in Bangor, Maine, recently excavated two pieces of an old water pipeline made out of red pine and believed to be about 150 years old.

Installed as early as the Civil War — predating the construction of the city’s first public water system — the pipeline was...

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