Water and engineering
A timber channel for moving water
The City catalogue identifies this object as a Teak Water Pipe. Its roughly squared exterior encloses a circular bore.
The record lists teak and dimensions of 1,770 × 410 × 345 mm. No date or maker is recorded. The catalogue narrative places timber pipes within Cape Town’s early water network and notes that “this one, or one very similar” was found during restoration work at Tuynhuys in the 1960s. No reference has been found linking this specimen to the Tuynhuys discovery.
What the catalogue records
The record lists the title, material, dimensions and three photographs. No date, maker or exact findspot is recorded for this specimen. The Tuynhuys association remains unconfirmed.
Catalogue source and image credit
City of Cape Town Digital Vault, record 321, “Teak Water Pipe,” item ID CTCC\88\174. Photograph source: City of Cape Town Digital Vault.