{"id":2997,"date":"2020-08-25T23:57:53","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T23:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/?p=2997"},"modified":"2020-09-06T20:07:45","modified_gmt":"2020-09-06T20:07:45","slug":"new-timeline-posted-on-history-of-plumbing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/history\/2997\/new-timeline-posted-on-history-of-plumbing\/","title":{"rendered":"New Timeline Posted On History Of Plumbing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2992 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/his_11-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/his_11-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/his_11.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Histowiki launches a new timeline, History of Plumbing.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s right, all the plumbers out there who have found this site now have a page dedicated to their industry.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highlights from this timeline:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1738 \u2013<\/strong> The first valve-type flush toilet invented by J.F. Brondel. In that same year, John Harington gifted Queen Elizabeth I with the first flushable toilet. She was too scared to use it because it made terrible rushing water sounds.In America,<\/p>\n<p>The first copper pipes were made by the Egyptians.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1664 &#8211;<\/strong> King Louis XIV of France ordered the construction of a cast-iron main plumbing line. The line carried water approximately 15 miles from a plumbing station to the palace fountains as well as surrounding areas.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/wrenchingitplumbingservice.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-3010 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/wrenchingitplumbingservice.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/wrenchingitplumbingservice.jpg 670w, https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/wrenchingitplumbingservice-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/wrenchingitplumbingservice-600x534.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/a>1775 &#8211;<\/strong> Alexander Cumming patented the flush toilet, the beginning of the modern toilet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1830 &#8211; The first public water main was installed under New York streets.<\/strong>\u00a0 Multiple fires meant there was a need for an adequate water supply for fire fighting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1883 &#8211;<\/strong> John Kohler (yes, that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kohlercompany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kohler<\/a>) created the first cast iron bathtub.\u00a0 It was made from an iron horse trough.<\/p>\n<p>This timeline, <a href=\"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/timeline-history-of-plumbing.html\">History Of Plumbing<\/a> has been curated by <a href=\"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/timeline-history-of-plumbing.html#x1plumbing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeff Tucker of X1plumbing.us<\/a> \u00a0Head on over to the Timeline to read the whole thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Histowiki launches a new timeline, History of Plumbing. That&#8217;s right, all the plumbers out there who have found this site now have a page dedicated to their industry. &nbsp; Highlights from this timeline: 1738 \u2013 The first valve-type flush toilet invented by J.F. Brondel. In that same year, John Harington&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":2992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[289,256,260],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2997"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2997"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3011,"href":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2997\/revisions\/3011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}