Plumbers Use Alligators To Open Clogged Pipes (Feb, 1938)
Filed under: Just Weird, Other Animals — @ 9:30 am
Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Feb, 1938
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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Feb, 1938
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Well, I guess we know now where that urban legend about alligators in the sewer started.
Plumbers Use Alligators To Open Clogged Pipes
Alligators kept as specimens at the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries aquarium in Washington, D.C, are being tried out as plumber’s assistants to open up clogged pipes. Placed in a length of pipe that is stopped up with silt and sediment, the reptile digs his way through, opening up a small hole which water later will widen by its pressure as it sweeps through.
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