gas main
Underground utility pipe
A gas main is a large underground pipe that carries natural gas through a city or neighborhood, supplying smaller lines that branch off to individual buildings.
Gas main explosions or leaks make news when aging infrastructure fails: Workers accidentally ruptured a gas main during construction.
Escape through a breach
- flammableProne to ignition
- ignitionStarting combustion process
- ruptureViolent tearing apart
- explosionViolent burst of energy
combustible · methane · carbon monoxide · asphyxiation · fire hazard · volatile · evacuation · emergency
Long-distance fluid transport tube
- conduitTube conveying fluid or cables
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- networkInterconnected system
- valvesFlow-controlling mechanisms
fittings · trench · excavation · pressure · regulator · shutoff · connection · junction
Device that measures usage
- service lineCourt boundary for serves
- billingCharging for services rendered
- consumptionUsing up of resources
- providerOne who furnishes things
utility company · ratepayer · tariff · residential · commercial · industrial · hookup · supply
Process of putting in
- excavationAct of unearthing
- trenchingExcavating long narrow cuts
- backfillReplacing excavated material
- boringFailing to engage interest
directional drilling · welding · fusion · permit · locator · marking · contractor · crew
leak
Escape through a breach
explosion · combustible · methane · carbon monoxide · asphyxiation · fire hazard · volatile · evacuation · emergency · detection
pipeline
Long-distance fluid transport tube
- conduitTube conveying fluid or cables
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- networkInterconnected system
valves · fittings · trench · excavation · pressure · regulator · shutoff · connection · junction · underground
meter
Device that measures usage
- service lineCourt boundary for serves
- billingCharging for services rendered
- consumptionUsing up of resources
provider · utility company · ratepayer · tariff · residential · commercial · industrial · hookup · supply · delivery
installation
Process of putting in
- excavationAct of unearthing
- trenchingExcavating long narrow cuts
- backfillReplacing excavated material
boring · directional drilling · welding · fusion · permit · locator · marking · contractor · crew · equipment
- utilitieselectricity, water supply, public utilities, water line, power
- gas equipmentpropane tank
- utility lineswater line, sewer line, power line, electric line, phone line
- Victorian infrastructuregaslight, train station, railway, telegraph, cobblestone
- natural gasBTU, CH4, therm, methane, LNG
- gas lightinggaslight, mantle, glass globe, globe, lamp chimney
gas mainwater main
Principal urban pipe
water pipe · sewer line · power line · storm drain · steam pipe
gas, main, gases, gaseous, gassy, gasify, gasification, mains, mainly