Quothe Don Maslin, from writings of Fri, Jun 04, 2004
at 01:02:18PM -0700:
Well, there is a very good chance that most were
well supplied.
Remember that in that era the water piping was lead also!
Some buildings---and houses, which are far from being ancient, still
exist with water pipes containing lead.
Lead pipes are common in OLD houses but even there lead pipes are only
used for drainage and not for incoming water. I don't think lead pipes have
been used for incoming water for AT LEAST 150 years.
Joe