Archaeologists in Germany found the 7,000 year old wooden water wells near Leipzeg, They are the oldest known wooden constructions in the world, and contradict the common belief that metal was ...

The crumbling wooden water well above certainly doesn’t look impressive, but a tree-ring dating method revealed the oak used to build it is 7,275 years old. That might make it the oldest known ...

The Albany Water Department excavated a wood water main ... "As soon as we saw it, I thought, 'Well, that can't be an old telephone pole,'" said Joseph Coffey, the department's commissioner.

A 7,000 year-old well built by Neolithic farmers is the oldest-known wooden structure on the planet ... was built because it has been submerged in water. The study's authors explain that had ...

that would have been the main water lines to service the town.” Jessup says wooden pipes were commonly used in larger cities on the east and west coast over a century ago, but a well-preserved ...

The 1,700-year-old wooden water pipe found in Leuven ... were exceptionally well-preserved, the city said. Archaeologists stand near the ancient Roman wooden water pipe found in Leuven.

The old wood pipes offer a vivid reminder ... with $2 billion of that directed to drinking-water systems. But that money is only, well, a drop in the bucket: A report released last month by ...

A well-preserved Ancient Roman wooden water pipe was recently uncovered in an unexpected place: the marshlands of Belgium. The discovery was announced by the city of Leuven, a city east of ...

A DOTING husband made his wife her very own wishing well for her birthday using old scraps of wood and a lick of paint ... some holes in the bottom to let water run through.

Executive Director Christy Lickei researched how old the wooden water mains were. “When the town started, a couple of wells served as the water source for the city. So, if you needed water ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The City of Corpus Christi is hoping a combination of old and new water wells will help to provide another stable source of water until the desal plant can be built.