"Nothing is more discouraging, in a cold winter morning, when the
thermometer is ten or fifteen degrees below zero, than to find your
pump-handle immovable, and be obliged to spend all the forenoon before
you can water your cattle, or have any water from this source for family
purposes.
A careful housekeeper will always, in this weather, keep a pailful in a place where it will not freeze. If your pump is copper or any kind of metal, all you have to do is take your tea-kettle from the fire, pour some boiling water on the outside of the pump and pipe as far as it is frozen, and you will find immediate relief."
A careful housekeeper will always, in this weather, keep a pailful in a place where it will not freeze. If your pump is copper or any kind of metal, all you have to do is take your tea-kettle from the fire, pour some boiling water on the outside of the pump and pipe as far as it is frozen, and you will find immediate relief."
Howland, Mrs. E. A. The New England Economical Housekeeper, and Family Receipt Book. Worcester: S. A. Howland, 1847
A previous posting on frozen pipes HERE
A previous posting on frozen pipes HERE
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