{"id":2983,"date":"2015-12-02T09:16:43","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T14:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/?p=2983"},"modified":"2024-11-08T19:04:15","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T00:04:15","slug":"below-ground-toilets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/blog\/below-ground-toilets\/","title":{"rendered":"Below Ground Toilets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What lurks beneath the streets in Seattle? You might be surprised to find old toilets, bath tubs, chairs and bank vaults.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Take the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.undergroundtour.com\">Underground Seattle <\/a>walking tour and one of the first items pointed out is an old wooden toilet! This toilet has seen better days &#8230; and shows us how far we&#8217;ve come with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\">Mansfield Plumbing <\/a>Brentwood HET. Forget about getting splinters and worrying about water flow like with original toilets &#8230; this efficient toilet has 1.28 gallons per flush (Gpf) with a concealed trapway and elongated bowl.<\/p>\n<p>Travel a bit further underground on the Seattle tour and you&#8217;ll find other abandoned commodes and a steel bath tub from the 1880s and early 1900s. Plus, there&#8217;s even an original <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomas-crapper.com\/The-History-of-Thomas-Crapper.html\">Thomas Crapper <\/a>toilet!<\/p>\n<p>Discovering the history of Seattle beneath its sidewalks is a fun treat if you&#8217;re touring the city. But, when you&#8217;re done, it&#8217;s nice to return &#8220;above ground&#8221; to all the bathroom luxuries offered in this era.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What lurks beneath the streets in Seattle? You might be surprised to find old toilets, bath tubs, chairs and bank vaults. &nbsp; Take the Underground Seattle walking tour and one of the first items pointed out is an old wooden toilet! This toilet has seen better days &#8230; and shows us how far we&#8217;ve come [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2983"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30575,"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2983\/revisions\/30575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}