During the years of 1982 and 1983 a program was undertaken by the City Council of Augusta to monitor the construction of several sewer separation projects. The purpose of the program was to recover archaeological material excavated during the course of the work, to look for culturally or historically valuable resources, and to discover additional information about the wooden pipe water system which was used in the city during the middle nineteenth century. This report reveals the findings of the monitoring program. It includes an outline of the methodology employed, a description of each of the major archaeologically important items encountered, and a statement of the conclusions drawn. Details of pine log water main construction are illustrated, as are brick sewer and flume construction and two types of early concrete pipe. The probable extent of the wooden water main distribution system is defined.
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