History Class: Plumbing Repair and Maintenance

Although modern day plumbing and advances in sanitation technology are fairly new, plumbers and the plumbing industry have been around forever. Today we’re going to run through a quick plumbing history lesson with some fun facts. You can check out some of our other fun fact posts about toilet paper, plumbers, or plumbing terminology.

• The Egyptians were skilled in plumbing drainage construction as far back as 2500 B.C.
• In 1700 B.C. the Minoan Palace of Knossos on the isle of Crete featured four separate drainage systems that drained into giant sewers made of stone.
• Aqueducts to supply water to the Roman Baths were first built in 312 B.C.
• In 800 B.C. the first Roman sewers were constructed.
• In 1738 JF Brondel introduced the first valve type flush toilet.
• The Tremont Hotel in Boston became the first hotel to have indoor plumbing in 1829.
• The National Public Health Act was passed in England in 1848. It became the world’s first model for a plumbing code.
• In 1870, Thomas Twyford designed the one piece toilet.

For all of your plumbing repair and maintenance needs in the Woodstock, GA area, make sure to call Masterflo Plumbing at (678) 822-7095!