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Busselton Historical Society > Records

Washing Machine, Horton Western

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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

Themes

Material

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

Last modified

Monday, 20 March, 2023

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Side Verandah / Loading Dock

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