When Pacific Mills built the village of Lyman, they laid water mains and sewer pipes under the streets. All of the houses and buildings were hooked up to these. That means all of the houses and buildings had in-door plumbing, with running water and sewage disposal (which in 1923 could have been considered a luxury item). At the time, many people in South Carolina did not have either of those. The sewage pipes ran from the village down to a concrete holding tank, built next to the river, across from where the library is today.