Orangeburg pipe Wikipedia
Orangeburg pipe, showing its characteristic delamination in layers of compressed oil tar pitchimpregnated ground wood fibers. Orangeburg pipe (also known as "fiber conduit", "bituminous fiber pipe" or "Bermico" or "sand pipe") is bituminized fiber pipe used in the United States. It is made from layers of ground wood pulp fibers and asbestos fibres compressed with and bound by a water ...