Charleston, SC Flow Test - First Cement-Mortar Lined Iron Pipe - 97 yrs

Charleston Water System in Charleston, SC has presented four opportunities for DIPRA to evaluate the first cement-mortar lined iron pipe to have been installed in North America. The latest test occurred on November 19, 2019, with the outstanding cooperation of Charleston Water System. DIPRA contracted with M.E. Simpson Co. to conduct flow tests for some 300 feet of pipe on Grove Street in Charleston. This pipeline, installed in 1922, was the first iron pipeline to be provided with cement-mortar lining. Unlike the linings applied today as part of the pipe manufacturing process, this first application of cement-mortar was applied as the pipe was being installed, using a projectile drawn through the pipe prior to being put into service.


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