Industry Artifacts

In London in the early 1920s, an entrepreneur named Ephraim Louis Jackson identified a need for indoor sanitation in these new areas where sewage...

A PSAI member provided the portable sanitation units during construction of the CN Tower—still the tallest structure in the western hemisphere

We have all heard that our industry had its beginnings in the shipyards during World War II—but how did this happen?

Two PSAI members reminisce about the "joys" of painting wooden portable sanitation units. Learn about Spatz Paints, one of our association's early...

A PSAI charter member helped make history as part of "Woodstock the Movie"

Portable sanitation at the Daytona 500 evolved along with the race cars

Woodstock ranks as one of the largest music festivals of its time. The 3-day event in August 1969 was expected to draw around 50,000 attendees, but...

American motorcyclist Evel Knievel gained fame by jumping cycles over cars, buses, and other obstacles. But the Snake River Canyon proved to be an...

Always striving to meet and to exceed the needs of the customer, early innovators such as Satellite Industries developed Crane Lift Units.

PSAI members developed the first barrier-free portable sanitation units long before the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed.

The 1961 U.S. Presidential inauguration of John F. Kennedy marked the first time that portable restrooms are recorded as being in use at an...

As the 1980 Winter Olympics "Miracle on Ice" unfolded, portable restrooms were in use for the first time at the winter games. A long-time PSAI...