Old water pipes found
9 Nov 1970TIMBER water pipes believed to be about 250 years old were found about five feet below ground level by Dublin Corporation workmen at Weaver’s Sq., off Cork Street.
The pipes were found as the Corporation employees excavated part of the square to lay new pipes. In all they unearthed about seven feet of pipes and two steel joints.
Mr. John Roche, overseer with the Waterworks Department, said: “The pipes appear to be of oak. They are about seven inches in diameter. On a number of previous occasions we have found old wooden pipes in various parts of the city, but never before have we found any as big as these.”
The other men who located the pipes were Messrs. Tommv Conway, John Burke, Peter Foran and Paddy Dunne, all of the Waterworks Department.
It is thought that the old pipes may have been carrying water from the Poddle River, which 20 years ago was an open river supplying many parts of the old city area.
Image: Thomas Conway, left, Church St., and John Burke, Ballymun, showing part of the wooden water main which they unearthed during excavations at Weaver Square, off Cork St.
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