The Toilets of 19th Century Scotland
It is not just random chance that Star Trek featured a Scotsman as an engineer — Scotland has an amazing history of engineering. And of course this includes their toilets!
The national museum in Edinburgh has a great collection of Scottish engineering and manufacturing, including some toilets from the late 1800s.
This is the water closet pedestal "The Combination", made by Doulton and Company at their Paisley works. It is labeled inside the bowl: "The 'Ferguslie' pedestal wash-out".
Also, fragments of sanitary ware with trademarks of various Scottish manufacturers:
- Shanks & Co. Ltd., Barrhead, Renfrewshire
- Buick's Patent No. 1 Wash-Down Closet, Alloa, Clackmannshire
- Avon, W.B. Morrison & Son, Glasgow
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Above is another example of Doulton & Co's work, labeled inside the bowl as: "Doulton of London 'The Combination' (patent) works Lambeth & Paisley", manufactured around 1890.
This model, The Linn, is in the history museum in Kirkwall, on the island of Mainland in the Orkney Islands just off the north coast of Scotland.
Also see the British Toilet Page.
Also see the Neolithic Toilet Page.
| A Sani-Flush blue border indicates a toilet that I've used. |
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