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Stink Pipes

Stink pipes or Stench pipes are found above sewers and are there to vent off gases from the sewers below. Most stink pipes date from the Victorian period.
by N Chadwick

Created: Mon, 6 Jul 2020, Updated: Mon, 6 Jul 2020


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TL4558 : Stinkpipe 61 in Elm Street by Tiger
TM5293 : Stench pipe in Commodore Road, Oulton Broad by Adrian S Pye
TL4557 : Stinkpipe 19 in Trumpington Street by Tiger
TM5394 : Stench pipe in Normandy Road by Adrian S Pye
TM5493 : Stench pipe in Rotterdam Road, Lowestoft by Adrian S Pye
TQ2981 : Stinkpipe, Regent St by N Chadwick
G7158 : Stinkpipe by N Chadwick
TL4459 : Stinkpipe 32 "Arthur" in Victoria Road by Tiger
TQ9388 : Stink pipe, Little Wakering by Paul Jones
SJ0566 : Stench Pipes of Denbigh: No. 5 by Mike Searle
TL4658 : Stinkpipe (66a*) in Norfolk Terrace by Tiger
TM5492 : Stench pipe in Grosvenor Road, Lowestoft by Adrian S Pye
TM5391 : Manufacturer's mark on the local stench pipes by Adrian S Pye
G7157 : Mullaghmore waste water treatment facility by Gerald England
TQ5253 : Stink pipe, Sevenoaks Common by N Chadwick
TL4458 : Stinkpipe 62 "Benedict" in Free School Lane by Tiger
TM5292 : Base of Stench pipe  by Adrian S Pye
TQ5740 : Stink pipe, Culverden Down by N Chadwick
TM5391 : Former stench pipe in Walmer Road, Lowestoft by Adrian S Pye
TM5292 : Stench pipe in Bridge Road, Oulton Broad by Adrian S Pye
TQ5743 : Stink pipe, Bounds Oak Way by N Chadwick
TQ5839 : Postbox and stink pipe, Garden Rd by N Chadwick
SJ0465 : Stench Pipes of Denbigh: No. 8 by Mike Searle
TL4454 : Stinkpipe 63 in Hauxton Road by Tiger
TM5394 : Stench pipe #2  in Spashett Road, Lowestoft by Adrian S Pye

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