title: Stovepipe
text: # Stovepipe
  
  Stovepipe may refer to:
  
  ## 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
  