News Briefs: Crews Excavate Century-Old Wooden Water Pipe in South Carolina

Excavation crews near Charleston, South Carolina’s water treatment plant recently dug up a 20-inch wooden water pipe estimated to be 100 years old. The pipe is built of wooden segments held together with metal bands. “We knew that wooden pipes were a thing, and we knew we probably had some a long time ago, but no one in our organization had ever seen one,” Charleston Water System spokesman Michael Saia told The Post and Courier. Records show the pipe was installed by 1918 and had been taken offline by 1933. Check out photos of the pipe along with the full