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2nd February 1852: World’s first modern flushable public toilets open in London

2nd February 2023
Tagged as: Fleet Street, Great Exhibition, Hygiene, London, Toilet, Water Closet

Despite their elegant mahogany and brass design, and an extensive promotional campaign that featured the distribution of 50,000 handbills alongside an advertisement in The Times newspaper, the toilets proved unpopular.

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2nd February 1852: First modern public toilets open in London

2nd February 2021
Tagged as: England, Health, London, Science, Technology, Toilet, United Kingdom

On the 2^nd February 1852, the world’s first modern public toilets opened in London.

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2nd February 1852: World’s first modern flushable public toilets open in London

2nd February 1852: First modern public toilets open in London

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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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