Rain King sprinkler
Creator
Chicago Flexible Shaft Company (American manufacturer, 1893 CE-) manufacturer|Roach, Finis E. (American inventor, active ca. 1920-1939) inventor
Culture: American
Subject
agricultural equipment; historic landscapes; estates (agricultural); country houses; Hudson River, United States; historic farms
Description
Rain King sprinklers were part of the Sunbeam line of the Chicago Flexible Shaft Co. The design was officially patented in 1925, but it had been in production as early as 1922. An adjustable hand wheel offered customers the option to lock in a stationary water stream, or turn it the other way for a revolving spray from the two nozzles. Sunbeam eventually became a well known home appliance brand.
Coverage
creation: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Repository: Montgomery Place (American repository, 1802 CE-), Annandale-on-Hudson, Dutchess, New York, United States
Source
Bard College, Montgomery Place Collection
Date
1920-1925 (creation)
Contributor
Sponberg-Paraday, Livia (photographer)
Rights
Prior written permission required to use any photograph from the Bard College Montgomery
Place Collection.
Place Collection.
Relation
related to Advertisement for Rain King Sprinkler
Format
cast iron; bronze (metal) (bearings)
height 4.25 inches; width 5.5 inches
Type
lawn sprinkler
Classification: tools; garden tools; agricultural equipment; object (utilitarian)
Identifier
Order Number: 900000
Image Number: 21992295
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Citation
Chicago Flexible Shaft Company (American manufacturer, 1893 CE-) manufacturer|Roach, Finis E. (American inventor, active ca. 1920-1939) inventor and Culture: American, “Rain King sprinkler,” Stevenson Library Digital Collections, accessed December 2, 2024, https://omekalib.bard.edu/items/show/1851.