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Hume pipe : plain or reinforced concrete
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Creator : Hume Pipe Co. (Australia)
Source : Hume pipe : plain or reinforced concrete for drains, sewers, culverts, irrigation, water supply, etc., front cover; p. 1-6
Date of creation : 1916
Format : Pamphlet
Dimensions : 245 x 185 mm
Contributor : State Library catalogue
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Extracts from a pamphlet advertising Hume reinforced concrete pipes - manufactured using a method devised by Walter Hume in South Australia. Hume's method of pipe manufacture used a spinning mould which utilised centrifugal force to cast concrete pipes over a wire frame.


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Related names :

Hume, Walter

Hume Pipe Co. (Australia)

Coverage year : 1916
Further reading :
McPhee, Margaret. The dictionary of Australian inventors and discoveries, St. Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1993
Port, Leo with Brian Murray. Australian inventors, Stanmore, NSW: Cassell Australia, 1978
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