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Old House Sewer LinesSewer lines and drains in older Westchester homes
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Photographs come from Wikimedia Commons under the licences listed. Some were cropped, and where a maker's name or other lettering showed, it was blurred.

  • Stacks of glazed brown clay sewer pipes with bell ends on a pallet: photo by Tesamoll, Wikimedia Commons, CC0. Cropped to 3:2.
  • Black cast iron drain pipe with a hub joint and a wye, seen through an opening in a basement wall: photo by Joe Mabel, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Cropped to 3:2.
  • A dug-up length of Orangeburg fiber sewer pipe flaking apart at its open end: photo by Flickr user thurdl01, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. Cropped to 3:2.
  • A gloved hand pulling a drain cable wrapped in a mat of tree roots out of a basement cleanout: photo by Walter Siegmund, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.5. Cropped to 3:2.
  • A pipe inspection camera sled with lights and lenses resting on dirt after use: photo by The original uploader was Leonard G. at English Wikipedia., Wikimedia Commons, CC SA 1.0. Cropped to 3:2.
  • A round cast iron sewer manhole cover dated 1937 set in an asphalt street: photo by Infrastorian, Wikimedia Commons, CC0. Cropped to 3:2.
  • Workers in a timber-shored street excavation around a green sewer lateral pipe: photo by MassDOT, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain. Cropped to 3:2. Date stamp blurred.
  • A liner inversion rig over an open manhole feeding a white liner tube into a sewer at night: photo by B637275, Wikimedia Commons, CC0. Cropped to 3:2. Background lettering blurred.
  • A curving street of large early-1900s houses, led by a steep-roofed Tudor-style house: photo by David alexander david, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped to 3:2.
  • Two early-1900s frame houses with front porches on a sloping street: photo by ALT55 - Victor M, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Cropped to 3:2.
  • A square cast iron access cover marked sewer cleanout set in concrete: photo by Chris Woodrich, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped to 3:2. Maker lettering blurred.
  • Muddy floodwater covering a basement floor, seen down a stone-walled bulkhead stairway: photo by B137, Wikimedia Commons, CC0. Cropped to 3:2.
  • A plumber feeding a drain cable into a basement cleanout: photo by Walter Siegmund, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.5. Cropped to 3:2. Maker lettering blurred.
  • A round floor drain grate in the concrete floor of an old basement with a stone wall behind: AI-generated picture made for this site.
  • A cast iron U-shaped house trap with two brass cleanout plugs in a basement floor pit: AI-generated picture made for this site.
  • A short vent pipe with a perforated cap standing in a front lawn, a few feet from the walk: AI-generated picture made for this site.
  • A backwater valve with a clear access lid set in a small pit in a basement floor: AI-generated picture made for this site.
  • A green PVC sewer pipe on gravel bedding in a trench across a front yard: AI-generated picture made for this site.