Obtaining Long Life from water pipes and permanently maintaining a high carrying capacity in them has been the goal of water works and power plant designing engineers for many years. The ultimate goal is not yet reached, but today the problem is much nearer a solution than it was only a few years ago. Today we probably can economically design and build water pipes which have as long a life and as high permanent carrying capacity as is necessary in our expanding and changing economy.

The remarks about to be made are not for the most part my opinions, but are the opinions and experiences of men who have had experience with and are interested in preserving the life of pipelines, men who have used both protected and unprotected pipelines.

Decay of pipelines, whether they be made of steel, cast iron, concrete or any other materials, causes enormous annual financial...

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