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A year to show up 120 year + old drainage systems
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<blockquote data-quote="Salopian_Will" data-source="post: 9269349" data-attributes="member: 80"><p>I was led to believe a lot were laid by Napoleonic prisoners of war. We have plenty which are the old horseshoes laid on oak, which is still there. Plenty of stone drain running too, which often need piping into a more more modern pipe or ditch as they have no outfalls- probably wasn’t an issue when it was all grass…</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I seem to spend most winter on the digger and with divining rods piecing together these old drainage systems, I particular on one farm where the previous tenant allowed all outfalls to block, meaning many are totally stuffed with clay.</p><p></p><p></p><p> Generally if I find some clay pipes or plastic from the 1950onwards they will be difficult to repair as they were never laid as well as the old ones. This one was from Monday - there’s a 2 inch clay pipe at the bottom got to be 4ft deep.[ATTACH=full]1177087[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Salopian_Will, post: 9269349, member: 80"] I was led to believe a lot were laid by Napoleonic prisoners of war. We have plenty which are the old horseshoes laid on oak, which is still there. Plenty of stone drain running too, which often need piping into a more more modern pipe or ditch as they have no outfalls- probably wasn’t an issue when it was all grass… I seem to spend most winter on the digger and with divining rods piecing together these old drainage systems, I particular on one farm where the previous tenant allowed all outfalls to block, meaning many are totally stuffed with clay. Generally if I find some clay pipes or plastic from the 1950onwards they will be difficult to repair as they were never laid as well as the old ones. This one was from Monday - there’s a 2 inch clay pipe at the bottom got to be 4ft deep.[ATTACH type="full"]1177087[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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