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      <![CDATA[<p>Topics cover ancient plumbing, waterborne diseases, early-American innovation, the history of hydronic heating and more. </p>
<p>For more History of Plumbing, <a href="https://www.pmmag.com/products/category/2167-dvd-sets/product/548-history-of-plumbing-cd" target="_blank">click here</a>. </p>
<p>The $35 CD (which includes articles not on this website) features more than 60 pages of plumbing and heating history with illustrations, photography and renderings of ancient fixtures and historical PHC systems.</p>
<p><em>Sponsor: General Pipe Cleaners</em>.</p>]]>
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      <title>PHCC, PMI, ASA discuss issues facing the plumbing industry </title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Every year on March 11, the international plumbing community comes together to celebrate World Plumbing Day. The day aims to spread awareness of the importance of plumbing and plumbers in protecting public health and improving access to clean water and sanitation facilities. </p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Greatest Plumbing &amp; Heating Inventions</title>
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        <![CDATA[People take for granted devices such as the T&amp;P valve, kitchen disposal,
flush toilet and so many of our industry's other useful gadgets that have made
lives safer, healthier, more comfortable and convenient.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.pmmag.com/articles/91715</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Editorial: The History of Plumbing &amp; Its Meaning Today</title>
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        <![CDATA[American plumbers have accomplished more in two centuries than the Romans did in 10.       ]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2000 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Thomas Crapper: Myth and Reality</title>
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        <![CDATA[The debate over who Thomas Crapper was - or even if there was a Thomas Crapper at all - continues.                       ]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2000 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>The Evolution Of Industry Terminology</title>
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        <![CDATA[One of the legacies of the old Trade Extension Bureau that remains alive today was its effort to standardize industry vocabulary.                 ]]>
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      <guid>http://www.pmmag.com/articles/91565</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2000 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>The Men That Made The Water Closet</title>
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        <![CDATA[Plumbers have given way to scientists as modern inventors.      ]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2000 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>The Men Who Built Boilers</title>
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        <![CDATA[These are the Dead Men that PM columnist Dan Holohan holds in high esteem.        ]]>
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      <guid>http://www.pmmag.com/articles/90977</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2000 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Living Legends: The History Of Our Nation&amp;#8217;s Oldest Plumbing Companies</title>
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        <![CDATA[Plumbing and mechanical contracting companies have been the birthright of generations.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.pmmag.com/articles/84096</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2000 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Greatest Plumbing &amp; Heating Inventions(1900-1950)</title>
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        <![CDATA[The nature of plumbing is such that its most clever innovations usually are obscure to the public eye.]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2000 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Greatest Plumbing &amp; Heating Inventions (Prior to1975)</title>
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        <![CDATA[The essence of plumbing is its mechanical genius.]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2000 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Reflections From The Past</title>
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        <![CDATA[People commonly misconstrue the work of a writer/historian.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.pmmag.com/articles/84087</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2000 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>The Industry In Its Heyday</title>
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        <![CDATA[The &#8216;Roaring Twenties&#8217; were a time when all participants had their act together.                            ]]>
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      <guid>http://www.pmmag.com/articles/84058</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2000 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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