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Pre 1990s
1597
Sir John Harinton built the first water closet in the Queen's Palace, Richmond.
1744
Benjamin Franklin designed a stove which was prefabricated cast iron, lightweight, efficient and inexpensive. All modern stoves, furnaces and most air conditioners are descendents of this early stove.
1778
Joseph Bramah, of Yorkshire, built an improved water closet.
1840s
Dr. John Gorrie, a Florida physician, developed the first mechanical cooling unit in his treatment of malarial patients.
1857
The franchise for the St. Paul Waterworks, a private corporation, was chartered.
1867
Minneapolis City Council ordered a small pump installed to draw water from the Mississippi and ran it through a system of mains and hydrants in the lumber milling district.
1869
St. Paul Waterworks began supplying the city with water from Lake Phalen.
1872
Minneapolis begins to supply water from the river directly to residences and businesses.
1881
Shea & McQuillan begin a plumbing business in St. Paul.
1882
The City of St. Paul purchased the waterworks; Lake Vadnais, lying in the same watershed as Lake Phalen but at an elevation about ten feet higher, was selected as the new source for St. Paul.
1883
Shea leaves the plumbing business and J.F. McQuillan formed the McQuillan Brothers Plumbing Company which is still in existence today and is the oldest plumbing and heating business still operating in the state.
1889
The Minneapolis firm of W.F. Porter & Company established by William F. Porter, joined the Mechanical Contractors Association of America at its formation on May 1, 1889. William's son, H. Merwin Porter, went on to become the President of the MCAA in 1937.
