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Ongerup and Needilup District Museum > Records

washing machine

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Overview

washing machine bowl is green heavy tin, it has a long handle attached to the frame which moves a plunger up and down in the center of the bowl.
the top section has a frame work with the wringers in the middle and this has a handle to the side to move wringers around.
frame work on wringer is blue

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-126-17.2

Item type

Domestic Objects

Material

Metal

Rubber

Tin Alloy

Width

45 cm

Height or length

105 cm

Depth

45 cm

Keywords

Washing Machine

Last modified

Wednesday, 29 April, 2026

Completeness

72

Ongerup and Needilup District Museum

Ongerup and Needilup District Museum

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