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Title: Red Wing Sewer Pipe Information
Type: Document
Date: 1912
Source: Minnesota Historical Society
Description: Red Wing Stoneware began making sewer pipe to sell to local communities. This pamphlet described the construction and benefits of using stoneware sewer pipe.
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Activities:
Why is the glaze on pipe important, according to this article?
Why do you think some Red Wing business leaders decided to start a new clay industry making sewer pipe?
Answer:
High-grade clay was needed for household
pottery, leaving tons of surplus lower
grade clay available. Some Red Wing
businessmen discovered the low-grade
clay could be used for sewer pipes,
chimney tops, and gutters.
According to the title page of this booklet, how much pipe did this company produce per year?
Answer:
The company produced 4,500 railroad cars
of pipe per year from its two factories
in Red Wing and Hopkins, Minnesota.
Why would the title page of the book request that you "Address all Correspondence to Red Wing, Minn." if the company also had a factory in Hopkins?
Answer:
The headquarters was in Red Wing, so
this was where they had an office
to handle mail and answer questions.