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The following steps are involved in making a spigot and socket joint of cast iron pipes used in water supply systems :
1. Tarred gasket or hemp yarn in wrapped around the spigot.
2. The sipgot end is centered into the socket end of the preceding pipe.
3. A joining ring end is placed around the barrel and against the face of the socket.
4. The gasket or hemp yarn in caulked slightly.
5. Molten pig lead is poured and then caulked.
The correct sequence of these steps is

2, 1, 4, 3, 5

2, 1, 3, 4, 5

1, 2, 4, 5, 3

1, 2, 3, 5, 4

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