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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aquitaine, post: 2073178, member: 602&quot;]Back in the EARLY &#039;50&#039;s, when we first went to Block Island, the house that my parents had just bought was truly an original (except for maintenance, reshingling type stuff) 300 year old house built in 1671....that first summer I think I was maybe 9, 10 at most, there was no running water....(complete with outhouse...oh how I hated THAT!!)...I digress....there was a..as I remember...huge pump in what was the &#039;borning room&#039; (later to become the downstairs bathroom)....that pulled water up from a small natural spring a bit below the house....I <u><b>COULDN&#039;T</b></u> handle that pump....the HANDLE was VERY LONG and went side to side...which I first thought of when I saw [USER=14876]@Garrett Storm[/USER]&#039;s pump above....not identical.....but <b>SO</b> similar....AS I REMEMBER!&nbsp; So for the first summer (&amp; possibly the second) we had no running water &amp; an Outhouse.......the rich people had a Canopy Over the bed.....</p><p>We had a Can-A-pee Under the bed................HATED THAT TOO!!!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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