[AT] O/T Field Tile

[Cecil Bearden]

Septic fields used a glazed tile also.  It was laid with a 1/4in gap 
between joints and tar paper was laid over the top.  Gravel was then 
placed in the trench to about 3 inches over the tile.
Cecil

On 12/2/2019 4:38 PM, Alan Nadeau wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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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