The Bathtubs or the Boiler Room
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The Bath Tubs
The bath tubs were installed aound 18 60 during the expansion of the capital. The precise dates of the bath tub's arrival and installation at the capital are uncertain, but the senate bathing room is known to have been in operation as of february 20 third 18 60. Each bath tub, and i am standing in one right now, was carved in italy from a single block of carara marble.
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