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Lead wool

Thin strands of lead

Lead wool
Summary

Thin strands of lead

Lead wool, loose and bagged. From a trade catalog, 1947.

Lead wool consists of thin strands of lead metal that can be used to cold-caulk cast iron and steel pipes. It was manufactured by the New York Lead Wool Company in the United States and by The Lead Wool Company, Limited in Snodland, Kent, England.

The Lead Wool Company (the British company) was incorporated on 9 October 1919 (although some references indicate that it was active before that date) and was still active in 1983. The British company also developed a device to test pipe joints internally.

The company's factory had been demolished by 1994, according to a report on archaeological excavations near the factory's site.

Lead wool is presently manufactured in the UK by Calder Industrial Materials Limited.

References

References

  1. (1933). "Lead Wool (advertisement)". The Gas journal calendar and directory.
  2. (1909). "The New York Lead Wool Company". Gas Industry (Volume 9).
  3. (1967). "Non-ferrous metal works of the world". Metal Bulletin Books Ltd..
  4. "Lead Wool Company, Limited (The)". UK Data Limited.
  5. (1983). "The Lead Wool Company". World Water.
  6. (1984). "Many years ago, the Lead Wool Company Ltd. developed a rigid tester to test pipe joints internally...". Water Services.
  7. Birbeck, Vaughan. (1996). "Excavations on a Romano-British Villa at Churchfields, Snodland, 1992-94". Kent Archaeological Society.
  8. Lead Wool, Calder website ([http://www.calderlead.co.uk/product/construction/wool/ http://www.calderlead.co.uk/product/construction/wool])
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