Essay by Dr. Charles T. Jackson, of Boston, Massachusetts : lead pipes used as conduits for drinking water : contrasted with pure block tin pipes : brief history of lead diseases, New-York, April, 1852.

  • Jackson, Charles T. (Charles Thomas), 1805-1880.
Date:
1852
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Credit: Essay by Dr. Charles T. Jackson, of Boston, Massachusetts : lead pipes used as conduits for drinking water : contrasted with pure block tin pipes : brief history of lead diseases, New-York, April, 1852. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LONDON ART JOURNAL. T. O. LeRoy & Co. of New-York, exhibit pipes of pure Block Tin, made in continuous lengths by hydraulic pressure, being the first success- ful attempt to produce this article by that method. The advantages of tin pipes over lead are many and decided ; they are stronger, lighter, less likely to get bruised or injured, will bend and work better, and are safe, sweet and incorruptible conduits for water or other liquors. Messrs. LeR. & Co. manufacture them at a cost nearly as low as that of lead pipes, thus obviating the chief objection to their employment. The pipes made by Messrs. LeR. & Co. are from one-eighth of an inch to five inches in diameter, of uniform thickness, and free from all flaws, scales or splits. When we consider that lead pipes impart to the water which they transmit, a cumulative poison, ruinous to human health, we must regard the cheap production of pipes from pure tin as an important discoverv. The only objections to this new article of Tin Pipe arises from the pre- judice, ignorance, or self-interest of parties who imagine that their pock- ets will be effected by the superiority of this new article. Some Plumbers object to it because but few of the trade are competent to make what is called a wiped joint upon tin pipe, though all know that the socket, or cup joint, made with a copper bit, is the least expensive and the strongest joint made. It is only necessary in working Tin Pipes to use fine solder, and exercise ordinary care. The most beautiful Plumbing work that can be shown in this whole city are those in which Tin Pipes were used, and the whole work looks as lustrous and perfect as burnished silver.