The mantra for real estate agents is “location, location, location.” Those words also had a lot to do with the decisions around what kind of pipe was going to be installed along the two lane road leading to one of Newfoundland’s National Historic sites, Signal Hill with Cabot Tower at its peak.
The City of St. John’s wanted an existing 20″ (500mm) cast iron water main leading from George’s Pond to be replaced with a smaller sized line. Since much of the original demand from George’s Pond had been greatly reduced when the city began sourcing water from Windsor Lake Water Treatment Plant, an 8″ (200mm) diameter pipe was deemed adequate for current and future demand.