Vacant New Jersey

Hurstmont Estate

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Elevated

This bathroom off a side room featured a unique toilet with an elevated tank, better known as a high tank pull chain toilet. After taking a shit, the homeowner could yank a chain attached to the above tank thus releasing a gravity fed rush of water, which I imagine would create one hell of a flush. High tank toilets were popular before advancements in modern plumbing and stabilized water pressure. It was especially common to see such style of toilet on the second floor bathrooms of buildings where it was difficult at the time to divert water pressure.