Last updated: February 13, 2021
Place
Tidal Toilet Wayside
![On the left side of the panel, white text against a dark brown background in English and Spanish reads: Tidal Toilet. This colonial restroom had a twice-daily, natural flushing system. Incoming tides filled the pit with seawater, and outgoing tides flushed the waste out into the bay. End of Text Below, an illustration of a horizontal stone-lined channel, or sewer, runs from the left side of the panel to the right where it connects to a plaster-lined pit. Grey, rectangular stones and dark brown earth surround the pit. Half-way up from the pit’s bottom, is a wooden plank with 3 holes cut into it for seats. The panel sits just inside the stone opening to the fort's former toilet room. Large blocks of light grey, brown, and tan stone frame this opening. Beyond the panel, are views of the room's mottled grey plaster walls and dirt-covered floor. [End of message]](/common/uploads/place/import/a00366ad-90b9-4a7b-b34e-68bf512aaa58_image_350.jpg)
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Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Wheelchair Accessible
This colonial restroom had a twice-daily, natural flushing system. Incoming tides filled the pit with seawater, and outgoing tides flushed the waste out into the bay.