Manufacturer
BEATTIE BROS.
Beatty Bros. Electric Washing Machine and Drain Board
Date1924
DimensionsOverall: 134.6 × 89 cm (1.35 × 0.89 m)
Credit LineGift of the Salvation Army, London, Ontario, 1972
Object number1972.035.001
Label TextThis is a Beatty Brothers Limited electric washing machine. The company is credited with popularizing washing machines with agitators in Canada. In 1874, brothers George and Matthew Beatty founded the company in Fergus, Ontario. In its earliest years the company primarily manufactured agricultural machinery, barn equipment, and household appliances. In 1912, they acquired Wortman and Ward, a London-based manufacturer of water pumps and washing machines. Between the two locations in Fergus and London, Beatty Brothers employed 600 people. A further 800 were on the payroll in company branches in Great Britain. In 1969, Beatty Brothers with General Steel Wares in 1969, and ceased to exist as a standalone business.
NameWasher, Clothes
c. 1937
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