![]() In fact, there is a contractor in my area that specializes in Victorian renovations and whenever we run across one of the old concrete sinks to be torn out he will pay us $50 or $75 for it, plus he provides all the labor to remove it. There was a time when a double concrete laundry sink was a sigh of affluence and in some areas there is a high demand for the old concrete laundry tubs for high end renovations of the old Victorian homes. Some were kept as utility sinks but most were simply broken up with a sledge hammer and carried out. In the 50's the old wringer washers began to give way to the new space age technology of automatic washers and as people got the new automatic washers they no longer had need of the old washing tubs. In those days we all had energy efficient maintenance free dryers (a couple hundred feet of rope and a bag of clothes pins). ![]() You then passed the clothes from the rinse tub one more time, only this time they went into your laundry basket to be taken to the drying process. The clothes were then taken one piece at a time and passed through the wringers from the washing machine to the rinse tub where they soaked in the rinse water about 10 to 15 minutes while you loaded the next load from the pre-soak tub to the washing machine. (bluing was blue cake like material that you melted in a small pot of water on the stove then poured into the laundry rinse water in the same manner as we now put the blue dye material in a toilet tank.) The rinse tub was filled with hot water and you added "bluing" to the rinse water. The laundry detergent was put in the washing machine and once the clothing was transferred from the pre-soak to the washing machine you would agitate it in the washing machine for 15 minutes, at which time you rotated the wringer head from the pre-soak tub to the rinse tub. You would take the clothing from the pre-soak and pass it through the wringer to transfer it from the sink to the washing machine. You then set the washing machine in front of the sink and fill the washing machine with hot water. When you had a double tub one tub was filled with hot water and used to "pre-soak" work clothes or items that were heavily soiled. The more affluent amongst people had a single or double galvanized laundry tub on a caster leg base that could also be stored in a corner or rolled out on laundry day, but if you were a person of means you had a dedicated laundry room with a built in single or preferably a double concrete laundry tub such as yours. For most people that was just a #2 galvanized washing tub and some form of table or stand to put it on when needed. In addition to the wringer washing machine you needed a minimum of one laundry tub. In those days the old wringer washers had casters on the legs so you could roll it to a corner for storage and roll it out on laundry day. Oh, the fond memories of my childhood this brings back.īefore the advent of automatic washers we had the old wringer washing machines and the laundry sink was a vital part of the laundry process. "Can anybody tell me more about this sink?"
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