My day officially starts in the shower 🚿... thank goodness for the #modernShower and indoor #plumbing #tbt #theFirstShower The first mechanical shower, operated by a hand pump, was patented in England in 1767 by William Feetham, a stove maker from Ludgate Hill in London. His shower contraption used a pump to force the water into a vessel above the user's head and a chain would then be pulled to release the water from the vessel. Although the system dispensed with the servant labour of filling up and pouring out buckets of water, the showers failed to catch on with the rich as a method for piping hot water through the system was not available. The system would also recycle the same dirty water through every cycle. This early start was greatly improved in the anonymously invented English Regency shower design of circa 1810. The reinvention of reliable indoor plumbing around 1850 allowed free-standing showers to be connected to a running water source, supplying a renewable flow of water. (According to Wikipedia). #RooterManUpstate (864)585-0093 #bathroomRemodeling #shower #tub #sink #toilet #spartanburg #greenvillesc #cherokeecountysc #upstatesc #plumbersofinstagram #plumbers (at Rooter-Man Upstate)
