Electric Water Heating. British Vintage Documentary 

i agree, by the 1930s most in the usa had vastly better systems than shown here.

Funny, we always viewed the Yanks Plumbing as primitive old shite, none of it ever approved. Lead still used Brass !

@@punto182 I am not familiar with the Yank plumbing. In old movies, the Yanks were just following the Brits but Canadians weren't saddled with that old way of doing things.

@@ReevansElectro GoodMorning, Very rare on a refurb to install the old separate Hot & Cold Tap. Now we install cheap mixer taps made abroad along with some Far East Counterfits. The crude gravity header tank systems demise started in the late 80s with instantaneous Gas Boilers and Unvented Hot Water Vessels- Safety Device requirements are strict. Heat Pumps are the next thing to replace all the Oil & Gas Boilers. We have a good supply chain & manufacture for Stainless Steel Hot Water Tanks with Larger Coil Surface Areas. Heat Pumps are mostly imported, the larger UK Boiler manufacturers cling to Status Quo

All British plumbers wore collar and a tie