Redwood water PiPe

TEDWOOD pipe has been in use Jlaround the world for over 100 years, but you won't find it in a dealer's inventory.

Records show pipe manufactured from redwood used to carry water on General Vallejo's estate in Sonoma, Ca., in the last half of the lfth century. Sections of 4x6 were drilled out and connected end to end in a tongue and groove fashion.

Other records document redwood

Story at a Glance

lrrigation pipe made of red. wood used for more than 100 yeani...lnstallations in South America and many U.S. loca' tions still carry drinking water to cities. .lts durability amazes experts.

pipe installed in chile in 1908. National Tank & Pipe Co., Clackamas, Or., a current redwood pipe manufacturer, recently shipped material there to replace sections of the original piping.

Redwood pipe was used to carrY water from the Hetch-Hetchy reservoir in California's Sierras to South lPlease turn to Page 57)