Log Pipes and their Tools
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The following works have been found by SJVIS in connection with questions about log pipes and tools. They have been organized by the emphasis of the item, "Log Pipes" or "Tools." In addition, there is a list of persons who have contributed information that has embellished the SJVIS collection. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Log Pipes:
- Blake, Nelson Manfred. Water For The Cities: A History of The Urban Water
Supply Problem In the United States. Syracruse University Press, 1956
(Selected pages.)
- Bridenbaugh, Carl. The Colonial Craftsman. New York: New York University
Press. 1950. (Incidental mention, p.56 & p. 89.)
- Hastings, Scott E., Jr. The Last Yankees: Folkways in Eastern Vermont
and the Border Country. Hanover & London: University Press of New
England. (Chapter 3. "The Pump Log Maker," p. 19-23.)
- Melosi, Martin V. The Sanitary City: Urban Infrastructure in America
from Colonial Times to the Present. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University
Press. [2000]
- Pollak, Emil and Martyl, ed. Selections Form the Chronicle: The Fascinating
World of Early Tools and Trades. Mendham, NJ: The Astragal Press. 1991.
Includes "The Salem Waterworks" by Linda LeMieux, September
1981, p. 180-9.
- Reynolds, Terry S. Stronger Than A Hundred Men: A History of the Vertical
Water Wheel. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins UP, 1983.
- Rose, Walter. The Village Carpenter. "Wooden Pumps," p. 77-93.
New York: New Amsterdam Press. 1987.
- Weidner, Charles H. Water For A City: A History of New York City’s
Problem from the Beginning to the Delaware River System. New Brunswick,
NJ: Rutgers UP [1974]
- Die Wasserversorgung In Der Renaissanchezit. Mainz Am Rhein: Verlag Philipp Von Zabern [2000]
Tools:
- Barlow, Ronald S. The Antique Tool Collector’s Guide To Value. Gas
City, IN L-W Book Sales. 1999.
- Hindle, Brooke. Technology In Early America. Chapel Hill: University of
North Carolina Press. [1963]
- Kean, Herbert P. and Emil S. Pollak. Collecting Antique Tools. Mendham,
NJ: Astragal Press. 1990.
- Kebabian, Paul D. American Woodworking Tools. Boston: New York Graphic
Society. 1978.
- Salaman, R. A. Dictionary of Tools used in the woodworking and allied trades, c. 1700-1970. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1975.
Helpful contributors:
Bruce Gill
Linda MeMieux
Anthony Costello
Randy Wineland
Duncan Mahoney
The preceding information was derived from the backfiles of the San Joaquin Valley Information Service.
We hope you will find it useful, both as an introduction and as a guide for further study.
Please consult with your local public library about obtaining copies of the works cited.