Indoor+Plumbing+vs.+Privy

=**Indoor Plumbing vs. Privy﻿ **= =﻿ =

M.H-All the info on this page is correct and is very good.

 * ==a privy is just as helthy as a septic tank if it is well manetaned. ==
 * ====most privies now have a little window at the top for a view outside and can be closed wen wanted. ====

@http://www.motherearthnews.com/Modern-Homesteading/1972-03-01/Privies-Old-and-New.aspx

 * thomas crapper is called the inventor of indoor plumbing but there is no evidence to prove this.



﻿2. A privy was a fixed ﻿ out house with no water supply or drain and they were usually close to the house.
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@http://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-outhouse2.html
 * 1) ﻿ ﻿It took almost 300 years for indoor pluming to become practical.  @http://www.strange-facts.info/who-invented-the-flush-toilet
 * 2) IN 1596 Sir John Harington invented a device for Queen Elizabeth that released waste into cesspolls--modern toilet.
 * 3) @http://www.sewerhistory.org/grfx/privbath/toilet1.htm
 * 4) Privys had a large hole and a small hole, the large hole was for adults and the small hole was for children.




 * Very nice work, group! You seem to have found some very interesting sites for information--who knew there was so much info out there about the privy! Thank you for your insightful research. -Miss Bartoe **