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Washing Machine, Horton Western

Horton Manufacturing Co
c. 1890
Subcollections
Laundry Equipment
Overview

Washing Machine with Wringer – Manually powered
Wooden box washer standing on four wooden legs. A vertically mounted cast iron gear wheel is fitted with a wooden lever installed in centre of the wooden lid, which is connected to the internal wooden agitator. A wooden framed wringer fitted with cast iron tensioning wingnuts, gears and winding handle, is clamped to the back board of the washer box with two cast iron wing bolts. Missing original lift out washtub and slide out washtub stand.

Western Washer advertisement: http://www.kristinholt.com/archives/1388

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-124-2023.14
Item type
Machinery
Themes
Social History
Material
Cast Iron
Wood
Width
510 mm
Height or length
700 mm
Depth
710 mm
Inscriptions and markings

Model: Improved Western Washer No.3
Machine No. C22431
Patent No. 834875

Keywords
Laundry Equipment
Washing Machine
Place made
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
Year
c. 1890
Last modified
Monday, 20 March, 2023
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