[can-talk] CHINESE WATER PIPE

Has anyone come across examples of or the use of timber (possibly bamboo)
water pipes by Chinese market gardeners? An example in the Charters Towers
museum intrigued me during a recent review of the collections. The pipe is 3
metres long, id 100mm ext diam 135 mm, with male/female connections at the
ends. It is in four quarter round pieces that were abutted and apparently
bound when in use. 

Gordon Grimwade
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