to change the lighting of the object
Gas-powered wringer
Category Home appliances
Year of manufacture/creation the 1930s
Manufacturer/author Seilers Maschinenfabrik Liegnitz
Place of manufacture/creation Legnica, then Germany
Size
Height: 106 cm
Width: 220 cm
Depth: 100 cm
Weight: 400 kg
Material steel, cast iron, wood, cloth
Museum/Storage location Gasworks Museum in Paczków
Date of admission to the museum 2017
Rights to the exhibit Gasworks Museum in Paczków
Rights to digital images public domain
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Exhibit description
The device is fitted with heavy rollers, which roll across the fabric, flattening it. By using gas, the rollers can be heated, which allows them to simultaneously dry and press the fabric.
A room which houses the device becomes warmer and filled with the pleasant scent of freshly washed sheets, tablecloths and towels. Maybe this is the reason why laundry rooms equipped with wringers are popular meeting places for neighbours?
One such place was “Zosia’s Mangle” located in Opole, where this particular exhibit was once used. The machine was manufactured in the 1930s in Germany, by a manufacturing plant priding itself on being the “largest mangle factory in Germany”.
