[AT] O/T Field Tile

[Alan Nadeau]

My guess would be that it was another variation of drainage tile, hence the
common name of "Field Tile".  Way back, about the time the dinosaurs died
off there was a lot of it used around here.  It was usually around 4" OD
and 16-18" long.  I recently found some, in the process of digging a
drainage ditch, that was smaller and looked like this " *O* " a round,
hollow tube with a flat base.  The hole was about 2" ID.  I never thought
to salvage any of the intact pieces.

It was laid, end to end in a trench, and buried.  Water could seep in
through the joints as could fine solids.  I never could figure out how it
could help but plug solid in short order.

On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 5:16 PM Doug Tallman <dtallman at accnorwalk.com> wrote:

> I found this last week at an auction. It's made of glazed field tile but
> shaped like a big hex nut. Never seen anything like this before. Any idea
> what it would have been used for?  Doug T
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