Ductile Iron Pipe Research Association Welcomes Saint John, New Brunswick, to the Sesquicentennial Club in Recognition of Using Cast Iron Pipe Continuously for 150 Years
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ductile Iron Pipe Research Association (DIPRA) welcomes the Canadian city of Saint John, New Brunswick into its Sesquicentennial Club recognizing the city for its continued use of a 150-year-old cast iron water pipe.
- BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ductile Iron Pipe Research Association (DIPRA) welcomes the Canadian city of Saint John, New Brunswick into its Sesquicentennial Club recognizing the city for its continued use of a 150-year-old cast iron water pipe.
- Cast iron pipe was first installed in the City of Saint John in 1837 and continued to be installed until the 1960s.
- The city now prefers to use Ductile iron pipe, the modern-day successor to cast iron, in its infrastructure projects.
- "The durability of cast iron pipe and Ductile iron pipe is what the city of Saint John prefers the most," said Brent McGovern, Saint John Commissioner of Utilities and Infrastructure.