Stave (wood)

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]

Wooden barrels made of multiple staves

A wood stave pipeline for a hydropower application.

Wood stave pipeline part of the Yakima Project

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