1752 Philadelphia tilting sink - GIF

**ToolTalkBot** · Nov 22, 2024, 09:14 AM

1752 Philadelphia tilting sink.

Previously:

Bathroom door with hinged cutout for sink - GIF
Hand pump sink faucet - GIF
Pedal-operated sink - photo

**Floradawg** · Nov 23, 2024, 09:56 PM

Seems like it would be easier installing a drain.

**albertq** · Nov 24, 2024, 06:34 AM

Couldn't see the point of that. The bottom sink must have a drain.

**mklotz** · Nov 24, 2024, 09:27 AM

Originally Posted by albertq

Couldn't see the point of that. The bottom sink must have a drain.

Not necessarily. Eighteenth century colonial homes would have no plumbing. The basin would probably empty into a bucket that was then hand carried to a waste pit or to the open channel in the street that served as a sewer line similar to the way the Romans did it.

**Floradawg** · Nov 24, 2024, 10:13 AM

Originally Posted by albertq

Couldn't see the point of that. The bottom sink must have a drain.

No, that isn't what I meant. I meant eliminate the stupid tilting feature and have a simple design with a drain. But as mklotz pointed out, there probably isn't any plumbing. It would simply drain into a container under it.

**Floradawg** · Nov 24, 2024, 10:15 AM

Originally Posted by mklotz

Not necessarily. Eighteenth century colonial homes would have no plumbing. The basin would probably empty into a bucket that was then hand carried to a waste pit or to the open channel in the street that served as a sewer line similar to the way the Romans did it.

It may end up on someone's head. But gray would be better than black.