An old engraving showing dash wheels used in the washing of fabric and clothing in a factory or mill the early 1800s. It is from a Victorian mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. These large wheels were large hollow and divided into four compartments, into which bundles of cloth and water were placed. Dirt and impurities were washed out of the cloth as the rapidly revolving drums threw their load backwards and forwards. From the 1820s dash wheels were gradually replaced by the industrial washing machine.
An old engraving showing dash wheels used in the washing of fabric and clothing in a factory or mill the early 1800s. It is from a Victorian mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. These large wheels were large hollow and divided into four compartments, into which bundles of cloth and water were placed. Dirt and impurities were washed out of the cloth as the rapidly revolving drums threw their load backwards and forwards. From the 1820s dash wheels were gradually replaced by the industrial washing machine.
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