Hand operated wooden mechanical washing machine - owned by a Greymouth family.

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Description Label tacked to top "wash day, the wash tub was heated over two logs in the back yard and many times before setting out for school I had to carry 13 or 14 kerosine tins from the creek. A Greymouth woman".

Hand operated wooden mechanical washing machine. Circular wooden tub, 3 metal hoops about staves, hinged lid. Metal wheel with handle and gears for turning interior paddles. Circular cover over gears. Shelf on top opposite wheel for holding wringer (not present). Interior surface ridged and has 3 or 4 legged paddle. Colour transfer on side "H.F.Brammmer Mfg. Co". Probably the "O.K" model.
Photo Courtesy of Nelson Musuem.Map^[1]External LinkNelson Museum

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Location (city or town)GreymouthLandmark (Place)Washing MachineEventHand operated wooden mechanical washing machine

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Date Created13th February 2023CommentsLorraine O'Donoghue
This is fantastic and so much earlier than any

Kevin Oregan
Awesome never seen anything like that before

Dennis Thompson
Wow! That's awesome!

Anne Honey
Thank you for sharing this! I would love one.

Jock Allen
Great Invention those days Great Photo

Pam Murphy
Gorgeous

Bryan Fitzgerald
Shantytown also has an early example

Mary Moffitt
Marvellous. The real work was not in the washing but in the carting of the water. That would be horrendous, and repetitive. Imagine a large family with a large amount of washing!

Joan Adams
I remember lighting a fire under a copper, we must have had running water from somewhere because I don’t remember carting water.

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Hand operated wooden mechanical washing machine - owned by a Greymouth family.

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