1980.14

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Details

ID Number

1980.14

Category

Structures

Sub-category

other structure

Item Name

waterpipe

Materials

wood, cypress METAL, IRON

Measurements

overall: 32 cm x 32 cm; overall: 50.8 cm

Description

Two-piece wooden (possibly cypress) water pipe (.01-male, .02-female). Cylindrical; bound with iron bands; covered inside and out with a hard black substance; See also 959.108.

History

Display sign given to Museum with pipe: "Wooden pipe placed in ground 1863-1890, probably cypress, augered and burned - 4" diameter, used to feed Walker Barns on corner of Tecumseh and Walker Road with mash and water, dug up by W.U.C. [Windsor Utilities Commision]

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

Y

Subjects

Brewing industry / Industrie de la brasserie subject

Communities subject

Hiram Walker Farms / Fermes Hiram Walker organization

Walkerville (Ont.) place

Windsor Utilities Commission organization