Indoor Plumbing In York County, people who lived in town had indoor bathrooms and running water many years before farm families living in the country. Stan Jensen envied his cousins because their house in town had an indoor bathroom.
His family used an outhouse. But when the electric lines reached rural homes, indoor plumbing was not far behind. For one thing, electricity ignited the desire in rural families for other modern conveniences. For another thing, electricity made it possible to pump water into indoor water pipes. Many residents make little money, which makes buying a home a challenge. Census, and the Black unemployment rate in Exmore, 5.
Department of Housing and Urban Development. Gabrielle-Wise said that when she was young, most of the homes in the community were shotgun houses: small and narrow with two or more rooms laid out in a straight line from front to back.
They were cheap and generally lacked amenities like indoor plumbing. About two decades later, in , the town of Exmore was debating the installation of indoor plumbing to cover the southern part of Exmore.
The New Road area is in the north, and residents in the community wanted to be included in the plans. The local government was trying to secure the funding to put that system in, but ultimately the plan was defeated. Still, residents in New Road wanted indoor plumbing. In , most of the housing in New Road was owned by absentee landlords, so the Wises and other community members decided they would become landowners. To them, it seemed like the only way to get the infrastructure they needed.
The group had a set of approaches to its work, according to the NYU Wagner case study. The goals were to be ambitious and stick to it, present a truly united front, retain autonomy, and gain allies.
The organization used the funds to purchase 30 acres of property from those absentee landlords. As a philanthropy, the institute could help.
And it did have that impact. Ownership meant power. After being renters for generations, New Road residents were on the path to be property owners who had a bigger influence on the politics of the town and control over decisions in the New Road area of town. After the New Road Community Development Group bought the properties, it designated the lots for residential and commercial use, with the intention to create jobs and address economic disparities in Exmore.
These were precursors to the concept of running water, or essentially indoor plumbing, which many of us now take for granted. The Greeks and Romans really upped the water infrastructure game. Shortly thereafter, the Roman empire gave birth of aqueducts, the foundation of which many modern-day water purification systems are built upon.
Aqueducts and a network of pipes brought water to homes and public fountains. Unfortunately, the Middle Ages took a step backwards, and were a rather dark and smelly time in history. Water sanitation and sewage systems were largely a hygiene issue, and diseases were an everyday part of life. As the Industrial Revolution took hold and cities and the population boomed, we developed systems to pull water from lands far away to populate otherwise inhabitable landscapes. There was a focus on progress, and with it, improved scientific advancements in indoor plumbing and sanitation.
By in the Western world, a water closet was a common necessity in households. The global population in the s quadrupled - a result of improved healthy water supply and sewage systems. Now that you understand how humans managed water throughout history, you can fully realize the impact it had. The chlorination process, first used in the late s, led to modern water purification processes that we now have.
Toilets with running water were also safer and slightly more dignified. Improved public health led to overall increased socio-economic development due to higher quality water management and indoor plumbing.
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