"1900 Cataract" Grate from Cast Iron Tub Antique Washing Machine
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Cataract Motor Washer
The Cataract Motor Washer was made by the Nineteen Hundred Washer Company, Binghamton, N.Y. and used 175 watts and cost about 1 ... cents an hour of continuous use in 1920. The advertising was simple and straightforward and its General Electric motor ran smoothly.
Construction ? An oscillating tub type having a steel frame mounted upon an iron base and supporting in a horizontal position a semi-cylindrical copper tub tinned inside. The one-quarter horsepower General Electric motor is located at one corner of the under frame and drives by belting the gearing chains, etc., which operate the wringer and oscillate the tub. This machinery is covered. The swinging type reversible two-roll American wringer with safety release is supported over the tub. It occupies a floor space 28 inches square and measures 38 inches to top of tub and 56 inches to the top of the wringer.