Excerpt from Wooden Stave Pipe Built by Redwood Manufacturers Co: Successors to Excelsior Wooden Pipe CoThe staves are built in the pipe so as to break joint. At least twenty-four inches.The h00ps consist of steel bolts round in cross section with a head at one end and a thread with washer and nut at the other end, the two ends being united by a malleable iron shoe, the thread and nut providing the means for tightening. For large size pipes the bolts are in two sections, one section having both ends headed, and the other both ends threaded. In this case two malleable iron shoes are required for a complete band.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.