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Pay attention to where the kitchen and bathrooms are, too—water supply and waste pipes for the second floor are often found in walls on the first floor, below sinks, tubs, or showers.
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Kevin Cortez,
Popular Mechanics,
25 May 2023
Cathcart is referring to the plumbing that the vanity's sink and faucet connect to—the water lines and waste pipe connect to the underside of the sink via the bendy P-trap pipe.
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Kristina McGuirk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Apr. 2023
Firefighters were able to use a direct water supply from hydrants adjacent to I-91, officials said.
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Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
8 July 2025
Details of hydrant problem Frost said the contractors had been improperly operating hydrants and underground valves, disrupting the hydrants’ normal functions.
Lead lines were commonly used up until the mid-1980s as the means through which water was transported to homes and businesses from the municipal mains below the street.
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Gloria Casas,
Chicago Tribune,
24 July 2025
Diners can choose from hors d’oeuvres, charcuterie, mains like Steak Frites, cheeses, and more.
The Great Highland pipes endured within the isolation of military culture, and current traditions of advanced-piping competitions haven’t strayed far.
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Elena Saavedra Buckley,
New Yorker,
1 Aug. 2025
The final order on copper tariffs, which the Trump administration says will boost the domestic copper production industry, applies to semi-finished products such as pipes, rods, sheets and wires.
At Farm Central, the Seabrook headquarters, a brick smokestack, built by Kelly Brickworks in Philadelphia, with the name SEABROOK painted vertically, rose 225 feet in the air.
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John Seabrook
June 11,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2025
None deny minority neighborhoods on the South and West sides suffer more from the dirty air, water and soil that historically came from steel mills, smokestacks and truck traffic.
The 85-unit building was built in 1968 and was not required to have sprinklers or standpipes, Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski said.
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Molly Beck,
jsonline.com,
3 July 2025
Two 155-foot-tall standpipes, or cylindrical water tanks, were built at the northeast corner and the 5-acre parcel on which they’re located will remain under commission ownership.
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