Pipes in the Castle? It's thousands of years old!, How is there plumbing? |
  Jul 13 2005, 06:12 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 6 Joined: 11:28am July 13, 2005  |
Recently my sister and I was reading in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (for clues right) suddenly she chimed in that how can there be an intricate network of pipes in a castle thats thousands of years old. When Salazaar slytherin first created the chamber, pipes wouldn't be invented for a very long time. And also, the little marking of a snake on the sink, he probably didn't even know what a sink was! So my question is, how did Salazaar Slytherin create the entrance into the chamber? and how did plumbing come to be in the castle, without the witches/wizards putting the piping in not notice a very large pipe already in place? :conf:
(sorry, i know i already posted this in another area, but it was in the wrong part of the site!) |
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Jul 13 2005, 07:17 PM
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Flesh-Eating-Slug Catcher Posts: 191 Joined: 11:50pm July 9, 2005 Location: Sitting with Harry, contemplating how far girls would go to get revenge |
Perhaps wizards, which seem to me to be more advanced than muggles, already had plumbing back during the time of Slytherin. Of course, there's always the possibility that there used to be a different entrance, and it was destroyed, so Tom Riddle had to create a new one (by enchanting the sink to open to his Parseltongue). A weak theory, but its the best I can come up with. Maybe Rowling just made a mistake.
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Jul 13 2005, 07:41 PM
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Exploding Snap Champion Posts: 1,729 Joined: 7:06pm February 28, 2005   |
This is really no problem at all. The Roman Baths, built 2000 years ago, ran water through pipes, so this is ancient technology, nothing the wizards wouldn't have known about when building Hogwarts.
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Jul 13 2005, 07:57 PM
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Monster Book Stacker Posts: 355 Joined: 1:58pm May 9, 2005 Location: ontario canada |
Same way they have staircases (instead of all stone spirals) and ways to cook (not just over an open hearth).
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Jul 13 2005, 08:46 PM
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Buying a Half-Kneazle Posts: 545 Joined: 7:56pm June 16, 2005 |
QUOTE(Theowyn @ July 13 2005,20:41 ) This is really no problem at all. The Romans Baths, built 2000 years ago, ran water through pipes, so this is ancient technology, nothing the wizards wouldn't have known about when building Hogwarts. Yeap. Pluming was already around. -------------------- |
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Jul 13 2005, 11:58 PM
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Junior Dishwasher at The Leaky Cauldron Posts: 626 Joined: 8:50pm July 7, 2005 Location: Columbus, MS |
Plumbing goes back a lot longer than people realize, so that's not such a big deal. The sinks, though, I don't know.
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Jul 14 2005, 12:01 AM
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The Talking Mirror in Room 7 Posts: 1,755 Joined: 10:05pm April 17, 2005 Location: Talking back to the mirror |
QUOTE(Ipleadinsanity @ July 13 2005,5:17 pm) Perhaps wizards, which seem to me to be more advanced than muggles, already had plumbing back during the time of Slytherin. Of course, there's always the possibility that there used to be a different entrance, and it was destroyed, so Tom Riddle had to create a new one (by enchanting the sink to open to his Parseltongue). A weak theory, but its the best I can come up with. Maybe Rowling just made a mistake. I've been thinking that Tom marked the tap with a snake and created that exit for the basilisk too; I think it makes perfect sense. Adding to the fact that plumbing could have been in the castle all along, I believe JKR has said that the castle evolves by itself and adjusting to needs. As for wizards being more advanced than muggles, I don't know if I can agree with that. They don't use electricity at Hogwarts, everything is lit and heated with fires, and that would include the water. Just think, if they didn't have house-elves, they would surely get hooked up for power. -------------------- Founding member of A.D.D.S. (Admirers of Dearly Departed/Deliciously Divine Sirius)
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Jul 14 2005, 02:20 AM
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Getting Fitted for New Dress Robes Posts: 46 Joined: 11:19am July 13, 2005 Location: The Netherlands |
If Tom marked the tap with the snake, then logically follows that SOMEWHERE must be preserved you had to speak in Parseltongue in one of the lavatories of the castle to open the Chamber. However, if the snake had already been there, it would be quite obvious for a descendent of Slytherin that it marked the entrance. As for the sinks... the wizarding world seems to be a step ahead of us in practically everything, so why not indoor-plumbing, including state-of-the-art sinks? Mrs.Figgx10's explanation of the self-adjusting castle makes perfect sense to me.
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Jul 14 2005, 09:16 AM
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Owner of D's Favorite Avatar! Posts: 3,058 Joined: 10:59am June 8, 2005 Location: Exile on Main St |
I go with Wizards being advanced, but why is the castle lit by candel's, that's something wizards are behind on.
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Jul 14 2005, 12:32 PM
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Getting Fitted for New Dress Robes Posts: 46 Joined: 11:19am July 13, 2005 Location: The Netherlands |
Why? I haven't read anywhere that they need to be replaced, they don't consume any alternative energy and they provide as much light is needed combined with Lumos :conf:
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