{"id":1009,"date":"2019-12-05T18:09:23","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T17:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brokenhousecompany.it\/blog\/ilsanitario\/?p=1009"},"modified":"2026-06-15T12:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T10:12:14","slug":"the-vancouver-urinal-is-for-close-peeer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brokenhousecompany.it\/blog\/ilsanitario\/2019\/12\/05\/the-vancouver-urinal-is-for-close-peeer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vancouver urinal is for close pee(e)r"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>A historical urinal from 1916<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Heritage Hall on Main Street was a post office built in 1916 and operating until 1946. It was completely abandoned between 1976 and 1982. The building also housed Canada&#8217;s Federal Agriculture Department, as well as the RCPM. Then it underwent a restoration and became a place for non-profit and host events, such as weddings. However, the peculiarity of this building is its historical urinal placed in the basement since 1916 which is a twin urinal where two men can pee at the same time but very close. Both urinals are also angled to force them to look each other in the eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This urinal was introduced by a Scottish plumber named John Shanks that parented over 100 urinal designs in the 19th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It flushes on its own every 20 minutes and requires minimal maintenance according to Heritage Hall&#8217;s building manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Who can tell whether the idea of this urinal was an attempt to break a taboo or just a space-saving design? It&#8217;s not easy to answer but maybe that was just a way to save on materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source <a href=\"https:\/\/604now.com\/heritage-hall-urinal-history-british-columbia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"604now.com (apre in una nuova scheda)\">604now.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8965205551782402\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- BC_ADOA1 -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8965205551782402\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"5203678261\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vancouver urinal is a public toilet built in 1916 with the peculiarity to be a twin 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