Mangle - Fredericksburg, TX
Posted by: WalksfarTX
N 30° 16.223 W 098° 52.278
14R E 512379 N 3348753
Black Chalk Home and Laundry has old machinery on display. Owner states the equipment dates around 1879.
Waymark Code: WMXE1M
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/01/2018
Views: 1
Wikipedia
The Oxford English Dictionary dates the first use of the word in English from 1598, quoting John Florio who, in his 1598 dictionary, A World of Words, described "a kind of press to press buckram, fustian, or dyed linen cloth, to make it have a luster or gloss."
In the second half of the 19th century, commercial laundries began using steam-powered mangles or ironers.