The Thomas Crapper Memorial Weekend OTB & Linkfest For Jan. 26-28, 2007
January 27th has been designated as Thomas Crapper Day. So in recognition of Mr. Crapper this weekend Trackback Party will be in his honor.
So many of us would still be using the outhouse and the Sears Catalog to this day if not for this wonderful man.
Here are the Details Courtesy of Roto Rooter:
About Thomas Crapper Day
Thomas Crapper was a well-known inventor and plumber and a pioneer in the advancement of in-door plumbing. He was most known for inventing the “Disconnecting Trap,” which became essential to in-door plumbing. This was a great leap forward in the campaign against disease. Crapper held nine patents, four for improvements to drains, three for water closets, one for manhole covers and the last for pipe joints. Every patent application for plumbing-related products filed by Crapper made it through the process, and actual patents were granted. Crapper did not invent the toilet but his employee, Albert Giblin, invented the "Silent Valveless Water Waste Preventer" (No. 814), a symphonic discharge system that allowed a toilet to flush effectively when the cistern was only half full. The device was patented in 1898. Crapper bought the patent rights and was the first to market the modern toilet. Crapper died on January 27, 1910.
As an added bonus to anyone that is so inclined you are invited to enter the Roto Rooter Pimped Out John Sweepstakes.
This is a weekend OTB & Linkfest for January 26-28, 2007.
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