Professional Plumbing Corp history

1815 – First water availability and safety measures Philly was also the first United States city to approach a safe and readily available water supply as a municipal governance issue.

1829 – Going Into The Closet The Tremont Hotel of Boston is the first hotel to have indoor plumbing.

The first public water main was installed under New York streets in 1830.

1833 – Presidential ‘Aplumb’ Plumbing was installed in the first floor of the White House.

In 1835, New York began building its first aqueduct and reservoir system for midtown Manhattan, using water from the Croton River.

Until 1840, indoor water closets were commonly found in the homes of the rich and luxury hotels.

When put into service in 1842, the system delivered city residents about 72 million gallons of fresh water a day.

1855 – First comprehensive sewer system in America

1857 – First commercially available toilet paper

Crapper has been falsely credited with the invention thanks to his work on toilets, but his contributions to bathroom history were still significant: In fact, he opened the world’s first bathroom showroom in 1870.

1885 – Sewer Rats Get A Home Chicago installed the first comprehensive sewer system in the US. However, during this time, residents still had to use public bathing facilities, which cost five cents for adults and three cents for children.

In 1890 Robert Manning invented the “Manning Formula,” which allows engineers to calculate flow in sloping drains.

John C. Flood was first founded in Washington, D.C. in 1904.

20 The Building Officials and Code Administrators (BOCA) organization was formed in 1915.

The nation’s first plumbing code, named the “Hoover Code” in Hoover’s honor, was published in 1928.

1961 – And flushing For All All building and facilities were required to be accessible to the physically handicapped.

Due to a shortage of copper, non-metallic, plastic piping was introduced into use for modern plumbing systems in 1966.

1978 – First water conservation laws

1986 – The High Tech Flush Japan introduced the first sensor-flushing toilet.

1992 – The Green Flush The Energy Policy Act was passed and restricted water flow rates in plumbing fixtures.

2000-1,000 B.C. – First drainage and sewage systems

2003 – First international standards

The densely populated, drought-prone state consumed about 2.9 trillion gallons of water per year for urban uses, according to a 2013 report, and toilet flushing accounted for between 28% and 40% of that total.

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