cfz2882
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in a barn at my local steam + gas threshing bee is some very
old laundry equipment that was salvaged from a hotel that was
built in 1910; the "washer" consists of a peforated,hatched,
copper washbasket that tumbles both directions inside an
outer tub of wooden staves that opens clamshell style when the
load needs accesed.The mechanism to drive the washbasket uses
heavy,straight cut,iron gears with forward/reverse shifting
done manually with a lever,drive came from a flat belt coming
down from an overhead shaft,a steam engine drove the shaft.
The extractor had a vertical,peforated,copper tub about the
size of a BD wrirly tub-again iron gears,manual levers and
flat belt drive.
back in those days,copper was known to have germicidal
properties so that might be why the tubs were copper-besides
the corrosion resistance.
old laundry equipment that was salvaged from a hotel that was
built in 1910; the "washer" consists of a peforated,hatched,
copper washbasket that tumbles both directions inside an
outer tub of wooden staves that opens clamshell style when the
load needs accesed.The mechanism to drive the washbasket uses
heavy,straight cut,iron gears with forward/reverse shifting
done manually with a lever,drive came from a flat belt coming
down from an overhead shaft,a steam engine drove the shaft.
The extractor had a vertical,peforated,copper tub about the
size of a BD wrirly tub-again iron gears,manual levers and
flat belt drive.
back in those days,copper was known to have germicidal
properties so that might be why the tubs were copper-besides
the corrosion resistance.
