[AT] Culverts

[David Bruce]

The older set here use the term trunk.  That use is disappearing quickly 
with culvert being the preference.  I have no idea where that term 
originated.

David
NW NC

On 3/25/2012 1:56 PM, charlie hill wrote:
> Culvert or a drain tile here.  I guess the wind doesn't blow across the
> prairie fast enough here to call them a whistle?
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ralph Goff
> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 1:35 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Culverts
>
> On 3/25/2012 7:41 AM, Larry Goss wrote:
>> OK, Cecil, this thread brings back old memories from my time spent living
>> in Oklahoma.  I now have a question for the group.  In Oklahoma, driveway
>> culverts are known as "whistles".  I grew up in Indiana, and never heard
>> them called that until I lived out along I-35.  What are they called in
>> other regions of the country?
>>
>> Larry
> Here in Sask. a culvert has never been known as anything other than a
> culvert as far as I know.
>
> Ralph in Sask.