2-703-796 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Elm Trunks for Conduit Pipes Dug Up Near St. Anne's, Soho', c1935. Wooden waterpipes made from the hollowed trunks of elm trees which were used to carry fresh water in the 17th century. They were found in the late 19th century during the building of Shaftesbury Avenue in Westminster, central London. From "Wonderful London, Volume 3", edited by Arthur St John Adcock. [The Fleetway House, London, c1935]