Stave (wood)

Short description: Strips of wood used to make barrels and other circular wooden objects

Wooden barrels made of multiple staves. A wood stave pipeline for a hydropower application.

File:Yakima Project - Wood stave pipe line - Washington - NARA - 294748.tif A stave is a narrow length of wood with a slightly bevelled edge to form the sides of barrels, tanks, tubs, vats and pipelines, originally handmade by coopers.[1] They have been used in the construction of large holding tanks and penstocks at hydro power developments.[2] They are also used in the construction of certain musical instruments with rounded bodies or backs.[3][4]

## See also

* Rubicon Hydroelectric Scheme, which has wood stave penstocks on operating power stations
* Lake Margaret Power Station, which had a wood stave penstock replaced in 2010

## References

1. ↑ "Pipe bursting wood stave in British Columbia - McMullen Carpenters And Joiners". McMullen Carpenters And Joiners. http://www.mcmullencarpentersandjoiners.co.uk/pipe-bursting-wood-stave-british-columbia/.
2. ↑ "Deer Lake Power Development". http://www.cbppl.com/deerlake.htm.
3. ↑ "Greek Musical Instruments". Lark in the Morning: Musical Instruments From All Over The World Since 1974. http://larkinam.com/MOBGreek.html. "8 String Bouzouki, 60 Stave Natural Special Walnut Back"
4. ↑ "Latin Percussion Whiskey Barrel Cajon". zZounds. 2017. http://www.zzounds.com/item--LATM1406WB.

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