The standpipe was once a central feature in villages across Barbados, dating back to the 1860s. But it took a devastating cholera epidemic that claimed the lives of more than 20,000 Barbadians in 1854 to push the colonial government to bring piped water, first to the capital, Bridgetown, and eventually, everywhere. The late historian Trevor Marshall in his last recorded interview picks up the story and explains what's in the name, standpipe.