A stone drain connecting to a vertical brick pipe conveyed waste into the pit either from Franklin's "water closet", "bathing room" or "run-off" from the sunken areaway outside the cellar kitchen.
This is a remnant of areaway foundation retaining wall. Vertical brick pipe.
"... [Dr. Franklin] is obliged to use the warm bath every day to ease the pain of the gallstone. His bathing vessel is said to be a curiosity: it is copper, in the form of a slipper; he sits in the heel and his legs go under the vamp, on the instep he has a place to fix his book, and here he sits and enjoys himself ..." Rev. Belknap to Rev. Manasseh Cutler, Nov. 18, 1785
| HM Number | HM1I2O |
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| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Saturday, November 29th, 2014 at 1:02pm PST -08:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 487474 N 4422156 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 39.94945000, -75.14663333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 39° 56.967', W 75° 8.798' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 39° 56' 58.02" N, 75° 8' 47.88" W |
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| Area Code(s) | 267, 484, 215, 610 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 305 Chestnut St, Philadelphia PA 19106, US |
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