When electricity came to rural areas, women screamed their approval. Power would replace candels, coaloil lamps, drawing water from the well, wood burning stoves, and yes................the old wash pot. Now you had a machine that would wash your clothes and ring them out making them ready to put on the clothes line..........YEA!!!! However, the machines were not without a few problems. For instance, it you didn't watch closely when putting clothes through the wringers, they would sometimes stick to the roller and clog the machine. However, there was a safety device that could be used to unclog them without burning up the washers motor. Just think, with an electric pump for the well and an electric washing machine, a woman could do a heck of a lot more laundry in a much shorter period of time.
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