Stovepipe

Stovepipe may refer to:

• Exhaust pipe

Clothing

• Stovepipe hat, a tall top hat with a consistent width
• Stovepipe pants, style of slim-fit pants also known as drainpipes

Information technology

• Stovepipe (organisation), where the structure of the organization restricts flow of information through rigid lines of control
• Stovepipe system or stovepiping, the informal name given to a category of criticisms applied to assemblages of technology
• Stovepiping, the use of improper channels to pass unvetted information to policy-makers

People

• Stovepipe Johnson (1834–1922), American Civil War colonel
• Daddy Stovepipe (1867–1963), African-American blues singer

Other uses

• Stovepipe Cup, a design of the NHL's Stanley Cup, in use from 1927 to 1947
• Stovepipe (instrument), a musical instrument often used in jug bands
• Stovepipe jam, a type of firearm malfunction
• Stovepipe (play), by Adam Brace
• Stovepipe tornado, storm chaser slang for a large cylindrically-shaped tornado

See also

• Stovepipe Wells, California, a small way-station in Death Valley, US
• Stovepipe Wells Airport, an airport in California, US
• Devil's stovepipe, a hole formed when a tree that has been buried by an encroaching sand dune decomposes