1752 Philadelphia tilting sink - GIF

1752 Philadelphia tilting sink.

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Previously:

Bathroom door with hinged cutout for sink - GIF
Hand pump sink faucet - GIF
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Seems like it would be easier installing a drain.

Couldn't see the point of that. The bottom sink must have a drain.

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Originally Posted by albertq

Couldn't see the point of that. The bottom sink must have a drain.

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Not necessarily. Eighteenth century colonial homes would have no plumbing. The basin would probably empty into a bucket that was then hand carried to a waste pit or to the open channel in the street that served as a sewer line similar to the way the Romans did it.

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Originally Posted by albertq

Couldn't see the point of that. The bottom sink must have a drain.

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No, that isn't what I meant. I meant eliminate the stupid tilting feature and have a simple design with a drain. But as mklotz pointed out, there probably isn't any plumbing. It would simply drain into a container under it.

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Originally Posted by mklotz

Not necessarily. Eighteenth century colonial homes would have no plumbing. The basin would probably empty into a bucket that was then hand carried to a waste pit or to the open channel in the street that served as a sewer line similar to the way the Romans did it.

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It may end up on someone's head. But gray would be better than black.