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Vault or Cell for Outhouses. (open access)

Vault or Cell for Outhouses.

Patent for a new and improved vault or cell for outhouses. This design "consist[s] of the combination of a vault made of impervious material and provided with wheels on its bottom, with a housing and an inclined cover secured above it at the rear and having a seat and hopper in the house, and a receptacle located within the vault and closely fitted to the mouth of the hopper" (lines 5-12).
Date: August 12, 1890
Creator: Carrico, Thomas W.
System: The Portal to Texas History