A public works crew in Yreka, California, was trying to find the source of a water leak at a building on Miner Street, the town's original city center where some buildings date back to the California Gold Rush in the 1850s. Instead they found this:
Wooden pipes discovered under Yreka's historic Miner Street could be from the 1860s
A pair of wooden water pipes that apparently were installed in 1861. One was empty and one had a copper cable running through it whose purpose is unknown. The pipes were not the source of the leak, BTW. The pipes will likely end up at the Siskiyou County Museum.
Wooden pipes discovered under Yreka's historic Miner Street could be from the 1860s
A pair of wooden water pipes that apparently were installed in 1861. One was empty and one had a copper cable running through it whose purpose is unknown. The pipes were not the source of the leak, BTW. The pipes will likely end up at the Siskiyou County Museum.