Roman lead plumbing - photo

Roman lead plumbing from 1st century Pompeii.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...152#post191696
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...123#post187901
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...026#post221128
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...250#post214858
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...122#post203414

Are those valves?

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Originally Posted by Ralphxyz

Are those valves?

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Very probably. The Romans made valves that were much the same as the tapered rotating plug valves still made today. the valves would have been made of bronze and sweat welded to the lead pipes. I found lead pipes still being used in a building In Newark NJ while doing an install back in 1989