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by Danielle DiMartino Booth, Money Strong
Never underestimate the resourcefulness of a great plumber.
Had it not been for the genius of Thomas Crapper, champion inventor of the water-waste-preventing cistern syphon, Victorians would have been left to make their trek to that malodorous darker place otherwise known as the Out House, or perhaps the crockery pot stashed under the bed for a while longer.