steelpipe

plural steelpipes

1. alternativeAlternative form of steel pipe

   […] in factories of chemicals heating steelpipes standing over large vats of molten lead.

   1987, The Cold war against labor : an anthology, Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute, page 806

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   The primary metal industries are almost entirely concerned with iron and steel, which alone accounts for over half the manufacturing employment in Welland, and is concentrated in three detailed industrial groups — 35 per cent in iron and steel mills, 15 per cent in steelpipe and tube mills and 1 per cent in iron foundries.

   1975, Jackson, John N, Welland and the Welland Canal, Mika Pub. Co., page 63

   After working two years in a steelpipe factory, Frank left Pittsburgh and finally settled in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where several other Ludbreg families had already immigrated.

   2003, Kane, William, The brothers and the sisters, Crowsnest Press, page 26

   New and medium scale industries over a wide front were set up to produce plywood, cables, steelpipes, electrical appliances and textiles.

   2007, Saw, Swee-Hock, The population of Singapore, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, page 5