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The water used for washing clothes was heated and kept hot in the wash boiler. This cast iron boiler has a grate underneath where the fire is lit. Later boilers used gas for heating and had a tap at the bottom for emptying the water. They still had to be filled by hand. |
Roll over this photo to switch between the wash boiler in the museum's collection and a photograph of two ladies at Little Silver, Tiverton, who may have used such a boiler to heat water for washing clothes. | ||||
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