Hagen Brothers farms,Goodrich ND | The old wash machines had the wringer mounted on the side with a lock gadget so it could be locked over the washer tub or another external washtub for catching the drain water that wrung out. It had a dog clutch afair to turn it forward / reverse and so you could turn it off while the rest of the machine operated, plus a quick release device that when struck with a hand would allow the wringer rolls to spread apart, releasing any rolled in body parts. The wringer was powered from the machine transmission through a long driveshaft that stuck up through the wringer mounting post. Draining the machine involved only gravity through a valve and or hose on the machine. Many had a small gasoline engine for power with a flexible hose to carry exhaust outside. Mother had one of those, grandfather had an electric one run off the 32 volt electrical system.
Most had a conventional agitator for washing, but grandpaws 32 volt machine actually rocked the tub and sloshed the clothes and water over internal baffles.
When residing our house a few years ago, the hole for the flexible metal exhaust hose was still there under the siding.
My grandfathers farm home had a pressure water system and water heater of sorts in the 1930's.
It consisted on a large upright galvinized tank in the bathroon, with two pipes going through the wall to the kitchen, where they connected to a small wood / coal / cow chips stove with a water heating pipe coil inside. Heated water would thermo siphon from the stove to the hot water storage tank. Having hot water depended on running that little stove, although meals could be cooked on that stove at the same time. There was no insulation on the hot water tank, so the bathroom and kitchen would get incredibly hot in summer.
Edited by Jon Hagen 1/13/2011 12:50
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Old time washing machine?
