Griffin Pipe Products Awarded Two Contracts.Griffin Pipe Products Co headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois Downers Grove is an affluent suburb located 19 miles (31 km) west of Chicago in DuPage County, Illinois. The population was 48,724 at the 2000 census. , was awarded two contracts to provide Citizens Utilities Co. of Illinois with more than 30,000 ft of ductile iron Ductile iron, also called ductile cast iron or nodular cast iron, is a type of cast iron invented in 1943 by Keith Millis[1]. While most varieties of cast iron are brittle, ductile iron is much more ductile, as the name implies. pipe in suburban Chicago. Through these projects, Griffin Pipe joins Citizens' larger metropolitan effort to bring Lake Michigan water to suburban communities. Installation began in June and is expected to continue through early 2001. The first Citizens contract requires 20,000 ft of 36-in.-diameter ductile iron transmission pipe. A second contract calls for more than 12,000 ft of 20-, 16-and 12-in.-diameter ductile iron water main interconnects, transmissions and connections in residential neigborhoods. Ductile iron pipe used in the project is centrifugal centrifugal /cen·trif·u·gal/ (sen-trif´ah-gal) efferent (1). cen·trif·u·gal adj. 1. Moving or directed away from a center or axis. 2. cast by Griffin Pipe's Council Bluffs, Iowa Council Bluffs is the county seat of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States[1] and is on the east bank of the Missouri River. As of a 2006 census estimate, the city had a total population of 60,271. facility. Pipe fittings are cast in green sand by Griffin Pipe's fittings foundry located near Monterrey, Mexico. |
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