NEW! For example, shit was collected in Amsterdam when there was no sewerage
Flushing the toilet is the most normal thing in the world for us. But it was not until 1934 that the Amsterdam city center was connected to the network. Until then, eventually the inhabitants of the city have to do in barrels, which are then collected and emptied door to door.
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Before the 19th century, people simply put their bucket of poo outside in the ditch canal. The moment more people came to live in the city, this caused problems.
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shit cart
Especially in the summer, the smell of the city became unbearable. hence the Township decisions to pick up the poo and pies in the neighborhoods. The inhabitants of the city collect their needs so that they can be collected with a ‘stump cart’.
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Sewers Amsterdam
Yet it was regularly a mess in the city, which is why the sewerage system was eventually installed in Amsterdam. We are still happy with that today! The drawing above shows the Goudsbloemgracht in Amsterdam around 1850 (now Willemsstraat). People used the canal as an open sewer.
Source: Amsterdam.nl