THE ICE CURE: A New Method of Sealing Off Pipes by Forming an Ice Block
... The ingenuity of Mr. 1 E. G. B. Gledhill has turned the greatest enemy of water-supply systems ice to practical advan tage. By using a small, portable refrigerating plant to form an ice block in the water-pipe, any section can be effectively sealed off without in any way damaging the pipe. At present, if certain por tions of the water service pipes have to be repaired, the supply must be ...