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Photographer: Mike Stroud
Taken: November 29, 2009
Caption:
Fort Jackson Enlisted Privy | Additional Description: Located here was one of two latrines
or "privy vaults." The other enlisted
latrine was located where the modern
restroom facilities are built. The lower
openings in the brick wall connect to
the outer moat; as the tide filled the
moat, water flowed into these basins
cleaning out the waste. In effect these
were flushing toilets. An enclosed wood
and brick structure originally stood
over these basins. Air shafts rising
within the walls provided ventilation.
Submitted: November 30, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p87847
File Size: 0.124 Megabytes
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